The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Trichoptera

(Caddisflies)

PHILOPOTAMIDAE

Chimarra obscura (Walker)

Little Black Caddis


 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms:  Berae obscura
                   Chimarra lucia
                   Frenesia obscura (Walker)
                                           (Favret 2003c; Illinois Natural History Survey 2008)
                   Wormaldia plutonis

 
Distribution Citations

1944 Ross

1950 Hall

1961 Edwards & Arnold

1971 Kent
1973 Cloud
1973 Edwards
1973 Poole
1974 Cloud & Stewart
1974 RET Inc.
1975 Longley
1976 Poole & Stewart
1978 Resh White White
1979 Fisher

1984 Malas

 

1992 Tiemann
1993 Moulton Petri Stewart
1996 Easley
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1997 Moulton & Stewart]
1997 Witt & Stewart
1999c BFL

2003c Favret
2008 Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv.
[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-one of the most common caddisflies in Central Texas (Edwards 1973)

-larvae from a great variety of habitats, they form large colonies on larger rocks in streambeds (Edwards 1973)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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