Trichoptera: Limnephilidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoLimnephilus abbreviatusBanks 1908Updated 20 Nov 2022
TSN 116113 Good LinksOn this website:Limnephilus Introduction Other Websites: Photos, Map, Museum specimens, DNA - Barcodinglife.org ReferencesQuote from page 83: "The Holarctic L. abbreviatus Banks 1908, a common regional species (Ruiter 1995), was the most frequently recorded and collected lentic species, taken at 33 northern Colorado lakes and associated wetlands from 1925 to 2020 (Fig. 3.4, Appendix 4) in Boulder (7), Clear Creek (1), Gilpin (1), Grand (8), Jackson (2), Larimer (13), and Routt (1) Counties, at an elevation range from 2,550-3,550m" Balik,JA; Leitz,C; Washko,SE; Cleveland,B; Krejsa,DM; Perchik,ME; Stogsdill,A; Vlah,M; Demi,LM; Greig,HS and Shepard,ID 2022 Species-specific traits predict whole-assemblage detritus processing by pond invertebrates. Oecologia, 199(4), pp.951-963. PDF Banks N. 1908 Neuropteroid insects - notes and descriptions. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 34:255-267. PDF 
Finn,DS and Poff,NL 2008 Emergence and flight activity of alpine stream insects in two years with contrasting winter snowpack. Artic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40(4)638-646. PDF Herrmann,SJ; Ruiter,DE and Unzicker,JD 1986 Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31 4, 421-457. Abstract and first page Copied from page 442: "Drainages: Arkansas, Colorado, Gunnison, North Platte, South Platte. Habitat: ponds, lakes, streams, seeps. Altitudinal range: 1911 to 3356 meters. Adult Collection Dates: 11 July to 10 September. Commentary: Ross and Merkley (1952) reported this limnephilid as occurring only in Colrado and Wyoming" Ross,HH and Merkley,DR 1952 An annotated key to the nearctic males of Limnephilus (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae). American Midland Naturalist 47:435-455. first page Ruiter,DE 1995 The adult Limnephilus Leach (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) of the new world. Vol. 11. Ohio Biological Survey, College of Biological Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 200 pages Ruse,LP and Herrmann,SJ 2000 Plecoptera and Trichoptera species distribution related to environmental characteristics of the metal-polluted Arkansas River, Colorado. Western North American Naturalist 60 (1) 57-65. PDF "Don't make a last minute decision too far in advance." -- Dorothy Johnson |