A new species of Smicridea McLachlan (Trichoptera:Hydropsychidae) from Venezuela and its role in travertine biogenesis

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A new species of Smicridea McLachlan (Trichoptera:Hydropsychidae) from Venezuela and its role in travertine biogenesis

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Paprocki, Henrique

Holzenthal, Ralph W.

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2003

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The North American Benthological Society

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We collected an undescribed hydropsychid caddisfly, Smicridea (Smicridea) travertinera, n. sp., from 2 sites in Venezuela. One of the sites, Quebrada El Charo, flowed over extensive calcareous formations of travertine, which were covered with retreats and capture nets of the new species. Smicridea travertinera was the most abundant aquatic insect colonizing travertine.We describe the adult male, the retreat and net, and gut contents. The retreat consisted of an aperture in the travertine with a capture net. Retreat-making behavior appears to cause both the biogenesis and erosion of the travertine formations.

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Smicridea

Hydropsychidae

Trichoptera

travertine

Venezuela

taxonomy

systematics

biogenesis

retreat-making behavior

gut contents

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10.2307/1468270

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Paprocki, H., Holzenthal, R., & Cressa, C. (2003). A new species of Smicridea McLachlan (Trichoptera:Hydropsychidae) from Venezuela and its role in travertine biogenesis. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 22(3), 401-409.

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Paprocki, Henrique; Holzenthal, Ralph W.. (2003). A new species of Smicridea McLachlan (Trichoptera:Hydropsychidae) from Venezuela and its role in travertine biogenesis. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, 10.2307/1468270.

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