Leptoceridae, Leach in Brewster, 1815

Bowles, David E., Cheri, Cameron, Usrey, Faron D. & Williams, Jeffrey M., 2020, Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the Buffalo National River, Arkansas, Insecta Mundi 2020 (770), pp. 1-17 : 9-10

Family Leptoceridae

Ceraclea ancylus (Vorhies) : 1, 8, 9, 47, 50. May, July. Widely scattered, but uncommon in samples.

C. cancellata (Betten) : 7, 9, 13, 31, 38, 47, 50. May–June. Widely scattered and common.

C. maculata (Banks) : 1, 7, 8, 18, 26, 28, 31, 32, 38, 44, 45. Jun, August–September. Widely scattered and common.

C. tarsipunctata (Vorhies) : 1, 7, 8, 47, 50. May–June, August. Widely scattered but relatively uncommon in samples.

C. transversa (Hagen) : 1, 8, 13, 31, 43, 44, 47, 50. May, July–August. Widely scattered and common.

Leptocerus americanus (Banks) : 47. May. We collected only a few examples of this species at this lower river site.

Mystacides sepulchralis (Walker) : 15, 26, 31. September–October. Specimens were rare in samples taken from the mid-river sites.

Nectopsyche candida (Hagen) : 13, 26, 44, 45. August–September. Widely scattered but uncommon in samples.

N. exquisita (Walker) : 13, 31, 38, 43, 45, 47, 50. May, September. Widely scattered and common.

N. pavida (Hagen) : 13, 17, 26, 28, 31, 32, 38, 44, 45, 47. May, August–September. Widely scattered and common.

Oecetis avara (Banks) : 1, 8, 15, 26, 28, 31, 32, 38, 43, 44, 45, 47, 50. May, July–October. This was the most widespread and abundant leptocerid caddisfly collected during this study.

O. cinerascens (Hagen) : 5. May. We collected this species only at the Mill Pond in Boxley Valley.

O. ditissa Ross : 1, 17, 31, 32, 44. July, September. Widespread but rare in samples.

O. eddlestoni Ross : 1, 13. August–September. This species is apparently restricted to the upper river where it is uncommon in samples.

O. inconspicua (Walker) : 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 26, 28, 31, 32, 38, 43, 44, 45. May, July–October. This species was widespread and common in samples.

O. nocturna Ross : 31, 43, 44, 45. September. This species occurred primarily in the lower river and it was uncommon in samples.

O. persimilis (Banks) : 31, 38, 44, 45. September. This species was found in the mid- to lower river and it was uncommon in samples.

Setodes oxapius (Ross) : 24, 26, 30, 36, 38, 40, 45, 46, 47, 50. May, September. This species was found commonly at the mid- to lower river locations.

Triaenodes ignitus (Walker) : 9, 28, 31, 38, 44, 45. May, July, September. Widespread and common.

T. injusta (Hagen) : 1, 5, 26, 31, 44, 45, 47, 50. May–June, September. Widely scattered and common.

T. tardus Milne : 13, 38, 44. July, September. Widespread in the river, but rare in samples.