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The first parasitic Trichoptera
Author(s) -
WELLS ALICE
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
ecological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.865
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2311
pISSN - 0307-6946
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1992.tb01061.x
Subject(s) - caddisfly , biology , pupa , habit , larva , parasitoid , niche , zoology , ecology , psychology , psychotherapist
.1 A parasitoid habit is confirmed in larvae of an Australian micro‐caddisfly, Orthotrichia muscari Wells, being the first known incidence of this habit in the order Trichoptera. 2 Larvae of O.muscari are non‐specific parasites of pupae of other caddisfly species. 3 O.muscari is in an Australian/New Guinean/SE Asian species group in Orthotrichia , all members of which probably share the habit. Their larvae and pupae have atypical features that are interpreted as adaptations to their uncharacteristic niche.