Ceraclea

Ceraclea is a genus of long-horned caddisflies in the family Leptoceridae. There are more than 140 described species in Ceraclea.[1][2][3][4]

Ceraclea nigronervosa

Ceraclea
Ceraclea dissimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Leptoceridae
Genus:	Ceraclea Stephens, 1829
Subgenera
Ceraclea (Athripsodina) Kimmins, 1963 Ceraclea (Ceraclea) Stephens, 1829 Ceraclea (Pseudoleptocerus) Ulmer, 1907
Diversity
at least 140 species

Though this genus lacks the long antennae of other Leptoceridae, it can be easily identified by the distinctive wart pattern on its thorax: two curving bars running from the pronotum to the scutellum.

See also

• List of Ceraclea species

References

1. "Ceraclea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Ceraclea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Ceraclea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Morse, John C. (2019). "Trichoptera World Checklist". International Symposia on Trichoptera. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Merritt, Richard W.; Cummins, Kenneth W., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 978-0787232412.
• Houghton, D. C.; DeWalt, R. E.; Pytel, A. J.; Brandin, C. M.; et al. (2018). "Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities". ZooKeys (730): 57–74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.21776. PMC 5799788. PMID 29416396.
• Wiggins, Glenn B. (1996). Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1442655065.

External links

• Media related to Ceraclea at Wikimedia Commons