Brazilian Trichoptera Checklist II

By

Paprocki, Henrique
França, Diogo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-10-9

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

2

Pages

1--109

Subjects

Aquatic insects , Biodiversity , Brazil , Caddisflies , Checklist , inventory , Trichoptera

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1557

 

Abstract

A second assessment of Brazilian Trichoptera species records is presented here. A total of 625 species were recorded for Brazil. This represents an increase of 65.34% new species recorded during the last decade. The Hydropsychidae (124 spp.), followed by the Hydroptilidae (102 spp.) and Polycentropodidae (97 spp.), are the families with the greatest richness recorded for Brazil. The knowledge on Trichoptera biodiversity in Brazil is geographically unequal. The majority of the species is recorded for the southeastern region.