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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
Distribution: Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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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Glossosomatidae 

dome-shaped case

Glossosomatidae 

pronotum broadest at half length

Glossosomatidae 

sclerites

Glossosomatidae 

anal claws terminal

-Without the above combination of characters
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Odontoceridae 

case not dome-shaped

Calamoceratidae 

case not dome-shaped

Kokiriidae 

mesa-, metanotum with 2 pale sclerites BUT not other characters

Hydropsychidae 

mesa-, metanotum fully sclerotized