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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Limnephiloidea » Northern Caddisflies (Limnephilidae) » Dicosmoecinae » Onocosmoecus
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Limnephilid - Onocosmoecus
Copyright © 2009 Tim Loh

Limnephilid - Onocosmoecus
Bow River, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
April 10, 2009
Size: ~11 mm body
Collected from underneath a rock submerged in the river.

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 11 April, 2009 - 9:01pm
Last updated 12 April, 2009 - 7:39pm

Moved
Moved from Northern Caddisflies.
… Tim Loh, 12 April, 2009 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lepidostoma.
… Tim Loh, 12 April, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Not that bizzare
but probably not Lepidostoma. Probably a limnephilid and the thoracic stripe and and what appear to be multiple gills may lead you to the dicosmoecins. But not enough info for me to be sure.
… Dave Ruiter, 12 April, 2009 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the correction
I gave the specimen another look and it has a small dorsal hump on ab segment 1 which I didn't notice before. It also explains why the case doesn't seem to match. Will have to rekey this one...placing this in the correct family for now.
… Tim Loh, 12 April, 2009 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

 
The verdict...
It is an Onocosmoecus and I'm actually more convinced that this is the right ID. The pale median stripe down the pronotum and mesonotum is diagnostic. Also the tibia only has 1 pair of apical spurs and the metanotal sa1 sclerites are separated.
… Tim Loh, 12 April, 2009 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

 
probably
but don't put too much faith in the stripe alone. Other discosmecins have them and some Onocosmoecus specimens will not have a very obvious stripe.
… Dave Ruiter, 12 April, 2009 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

 
that's true
Amphicosmoecus has it too and both genera are found in Alberta; however Onocosmoecus has separated sa1 metanotal sclerites (seen here) while Amphicosmoecus has a single fused sclerite.
… Tim Loh, 12 April, 2009 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

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