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A study on the Caddisfly fauna (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Kastamonu and a new species record for Turkey
Abstract :This
research was carried out in Kastamonu between May 2003 and September 2007,
forty-three species and one subspecies of Trichoptera belonging to 23 genera of
14 families (Rhyacophilidae, Glossosomatidae, Ptilocolepidae, Hydroptilidae,
Philopotamidae, Polycentropodidae, Psychomyiidae, Hydropsychidae,
Lepidostomatidae, Limnephilidae, Sericostomatidae, Odontoceridae, Beraeidae and
Leptoceridae) were determined. According to earlier studies, thirty-seven
species and three subspecies of Trichoptera have been reported to date in the
fauna of Kastamonu (Appendix 1.). Trichoptera fauna of Kastamonu has increased
to 69 from 40 with this study. Twenty-nine of 69 taxa are new records for the
Trichoptera fauna of Kastamonu. Also, Cheumatopsyche
persica Mey, 2004 is recorded for the first time for Trichoptera fauna of
Turkey
Trichoptera, fauna, new record, Kastamonu, Turkey