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Updated 9 February 2026
TSN 115163 Locations CollectedAllan (1975) reports this species from Cement Creek.Good LinksOn this website:Rhyacophila tucula Introduction to Rhyacophila Other Websites: Photos, Map, Taxon Identifier Numbers - from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Rhyacophila alberta at GBIF Photos, Map, Museum specimens, DNA - Barcodinglife.org University of Alberta Entomology Collection Species page Has description, habitat information, range and more. Analyses of the Rhyacophila verrula and alberta alberta groups, with new larval/adult associations (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae) http://esa.confex.com/esa/2001/techprogram/paper_1305.htm ReferencesAllan,JD 1975 The distributional ecology and diversity of benthic insects in Cement Creek, Colorado. Ecology 56:1040-1053. PDFBanks,N 1918 New neuropteroid insects. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62:3-24.   
Dodds,GS and Hisaw,FL 1925 Ecological studies on aquatic insects. IV. Altitudinal range and zonation of mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies in the Colorado Rockies. Ecology 6(4)380-390. Abstract PDF From Figure 3, R. alberta has an elevation range of about 9000-11,000 feet. Giersch,JJ 2002 Revision and phylogenetic anaysis of the verrula and alberta species groups of Rhyacophila Pictet 1834 with description of a new species (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae). Master of Science Thesis. Montana State University PDF Herrmann,SJ; Ruiter,DE and Unzicker,JD 1986 Distribution and records of Colorado Trichoptera. Southwestern Naturalist 31 (4) 421-457. They note the habitat for this species is streams and rivers, the altitudinal range is 2536 to 3295m and adult collection dates are 4 August to 9 October. Nimmo,A 1971 The adult Rhyacophilidae and Limnephilidae (Trichoptera) of Alberta and eastern British Columbia and their post glacial origin. Quaestiones Entomologicae 73: 3-234. Ross,HH 1950 New species of nearctic Rhyacophila (Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40 8, 260-265. Zuellig,RE; Heinold,BD; Kondratieff,BC and Ruiter,DE 2012 Diversity and Distribution of Mayflies (Ephemeroptera), Stoneflies (Plecoptera), and Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1873-2010. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 606, 257 p. PDF - caution 46MB Quote from page 97: "Rhyacophila alberta occurred throughout the SPRB above 8,150 ft in elevation where it apparently reaches its southeastern range limit (Giersch, 2002)." The elevation range is 8,150-11,150 feet and the adults emerge from August-October. |