Lepidostoma

Lepidostoma is a genus of bizarre caddisflies in the family Lepidostomatidae. There are more than 150 described species in Lepidostoma.[1][2][3][4]

Lepidostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Lepidostomatidae
Genus:	Lepidostoma Rambur, 1842
Subgenera
Lepidostoma (Lepidostoma) Rambur, 1842 Lepidostoma (Mormomyia) Banks, 1907 Lepidostoma (Neodinarthrum) Weaver, 1988 Lepidostoma (Nosopus) McLachlan, 1871
Diversity
at least 150 species
Synonyms[1]
Alepomyia Banks, 1908 Alepomyiodes Sibley, 1926 Arcadopsyche Banks, 1930 Atomyia Banks, 1905 Jenortha Milne, 1936 Mormomyia Banks, 1907 Neuropsyche Carpenter, 1933 Nosopus McLachlan, 1871 Notiopsyche Banks, 1905 Olemira Banks, 1897 Oligopsyche Carpenter, 1933 Phanopsyche Banks, 1911 Pristosilo Banks, 1899

See also

• List of Lepidostoma species

References

1. "Lepidostoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
2. "Lepidostoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
3. "Lepidostoma genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
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 Lepidostoma at Wikimedia Commons