Major Group: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Hydrobiosidae
Genus: Apsilochorema |
Descriptive Features: head capsule relatively broad
a pair of small ventral sclerites adjacent to occipital margin of head capsule
pronotum strongly narrowing to posterior
prosternum without sclerites
foreleg with femur broad, without chela, but with broad field of short spines along and adjacent to much of ventral margin, tarsal claw very long, at least 2X combined length of tibia and tarsus, with apex slightly spatulate
fore trochanter not reaching midlength of ventral margin of femur
mid- and hindlegs with tarsi long, slender
tergum of abdominal segment 9 with sclerotization reduced to pair of very thin transverse flecks, 1 each side of midline at base of setal row
abdominal proleg with lateral sclerite bearing long ventral seta in apical half, anal claw without basal spine.
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Apsilochorema gisbum |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Species
Apsilochorema chelicerum Schmid
Apsilochorema gisbum Mosely
Apsilochorema obliquum Mosely
Apsilochorema urdalum Mosely |
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Distribution: N Qld, SE Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas, S WA, SA
Functional Feeding Group: predators |
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Pipers Creek, Kosciusko National Park NSW |
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Information Sources: Dean 1997, Neboiss 1988
Key to Species: Dean 1997 |
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