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Note: Key from Dean et al 2004 (online imagery is draft)

 
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1. Lateral hump of abdominal segment 1 with 2 narrow black sclerites; pronotum with transverse row of long setae at about midlength; abdominal segments 1 and 2 with inconspicuous short, simple gills (G); case elongate, narrow, entirely of silk secretion
Distribution: Qld, NSW, Vic

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Heloccabus 

secretion case

Heloccabus 

lateral hump with 2 sclerites

Heloccabus 

pronotum with row of setae

Heloccabus 

abdominal gills present

-Lateral hump (LH) of abdominal segment 1 with only 1 elongate sclerite, or if 2 than at least one of the sclerites is not conspicuous; pronotum (P) without transverse row of setae; abdominal gills absent (Ab1, Ab2 = abdominal segment 1 and 2); cases with various combinations of sand, secretion and plant material, but not entirely of secretion

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Alloecella 

lateral hump with 1 sclerite

Alloecella 

pronotum without row of setae

Alloecella 

abdominal gills absent

Alloecella 

sand grain case

Genus C 

secretion and plant case