Diversity and distribution of the Trichoptera of Florida, United States, with descriptions of five new species.

ABSTRACT: Based on previously published species accounts and collection records of the authors, a county-level distributional checklist of all 220 caddisfly species documented within Florida is presented, representing 46 genera within 19 families. New state records are provided for four species and five new Integripalpian species are described and illustrated: Protoptila chipolensis Rasmussen & Harris, sp. nov. (Glossosomatidae), Hydroptila aviforma Rasmussen & Harris, sp. nov. (Hydroptilidae), Beraea jennyae Rasmussen & Harris, sp. nov. (Beraeidae), Ceraclea pescadori Rasmussen & Harris, sp. nov. (Leptoceridae), and Oecetis densoni Rasmussen & Harris, sp. nov. (Leptoceridae). The most speciose families within Florida are the Hydr

SUBMITTER: Rasmussen AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12712626 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature