Major Groups | Insecta (insects) | Trichoptera (caddisflies) |
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2(1). Portable case elongate, dome-shaped, constructed of sand grains; pronotum broadest at a little over half length; mesonotum and metanotum with 2 small sclerites only; anal claws (AC) terminal on abdominal prolegs Note: sclerites on the mesonotum and metanotum in some taxa can be pale and difficult to see; abdominal prolegs are narrow and elongate; larvae readily vacate their case
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-Without the above combination of characters
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