Major Group: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Helicophidae
Genus: Heloccabus |
Descriptive Features: head oval in dorsal view, smooth texture
frontoclypeus not greatly wider anteriorly
antenna close to anterior margin of head, at the end of a strong carina
pronotum with a dense transverse row of erect setae, shiny in texture
foretrochantin not fused to propleuron
metanotum without central ridge
metasternum without setae
abdomen cylindrical
abdominal segment 1 with 2 ventral setae, lateral hump with 2 black elongate sclerites
small abdominal gills (branched or simple) present on anterior segments
anal lateral sclerites with many setae
Total length: up to c. 14 mm
Case: a curved cylinder entirely of secretion |
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Heloccabus |
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Taxonomic Checklist: (2 undescribed species) |
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Distribution: Qld, NSW, Vic
Functional Feeding Group: shredders |
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Campaspe River at The Rocks, Vic |
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Information Sources: Jackson 1998
Key to Species: Jackson 1998
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