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 Major Groups | Insecta (insects) | Trichoptera (caddisflies) | Plectrotarsidae

Note: Key from Dean et al. 2004. Liapota and Nanoplectrus occur only in Tasmania and as yet the larvae are unknown.

 
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1. Metanotum with anterior medial sclerites each bearing a single stout seta; prosternal horn very small
Distribution: S WA, Vic, Tas
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metanotal sclerites bearing a single seta

 

prosternal horn very small

-Metanotum with anterior medial sclerites each bearing about 10 stout seta; prosternal horn long and slender
Distribution: Tas
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metanotal sclerites bearing about 10 seta

 

prosternal horn long and slender