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Caddisflies (Trichoptera) recorded in Buckinghamshire (vice-county 24) Version 1. Authors: Mike Killeby and Martin C. Harvey. Date: 11 March 2006. Based on data held on the MapMate database by BMERC (data retrieved 25 November 2005). Most of this data was supplied by Dr Ian D. Wallace of the national Trichoptera Recording Scheme, and is largely based on records supplied to the national scheme by Mike Killeby. For more about the recording scheme see their website at: • www.brc.ac.uk/schemes/CAMSTARS/trichoptera.htm Most records are of adult caddisflies recorded by Mike Killeby, determined by him with assistance in some cases from Ian Wallace. Other recorders represented (23 in total) include J. Green, Ched George, George and Frances Higgs, Tony Marshall, and Eric Hollowday. 1. Species list Seventy-two species of caddisfly (over a third of the UK total of 199 species) are represented on the database; Mike Killeby has recorded or determined 66 species since 2001. The species list is based on 473 individual records. * = Nationally Scarce species Taxon Agapetus fuscipes Agraylea multipunctata Agraylea sexmaculata Agrypnia varia Anabolia nervosa Athripsodes aterrimus Athripsodes bilineatus Athripsodes cinereus Brachycentrus subnubilus Ceraclea dissimilis Ceraclea fulva Ceraclea nigronervosa Ceraclea senilis * Chaetopteryx villosa Cyrnus flavidus Cyrnus trimaculatus Ecnomus tenellus Glyphotaelius pellucidus Goera pilosa Halesus digitatus Halesus radiatus Holocentropus dubius Holocentropus picicornis Hydropsyche angustipennis Hydropsyche contubernalis Hydropsyche instabilis Hydropsyche pellucidula Hydropsyche siltalai Hydroptila simulans Hydroptila sparsa Lasiocephala basalis Lepidostoma hirtum Leptocerus tineiformis Limnephilus affinis Limnephilus auricula

Authority Curtis, 1834 Curtis, 1834 Curtis, 1834 (F., 1793) (Curtis, 1834) (Stephens, 1836) (Linnaeus, 1758) (Curtis, 1834) Curtis, 1834 (Stephens, 1836) (Rambur, 1842) (Retzius, 1783) (Burmeister, 1839) (F., 1798) McLachlan, 1864 (Curtis, 1834) (Rambur, 1842) (Retzius, 1783) (F., 1775) (Schrank, 1781) (Curtis, 1834) (Rambur, 1842) (Stephens, 1836) (Curtis, 1834) McLachlan, 1865 (Curtis, 1834) (Curtis, 1834) Doehler, 1963 Mosely, 1920 Curtis, 1834 (Kolenati, 1848) (F., 1775) Curtis, 1834 Curtis, 1834 Curtis, 1834

Records 3 10 5 4 10 12 2 16 2 7 4 1 4 1 10 18 3 12 5 2 3 1 4 8 9 1 4 2 1 5 1 2 12 3 6

First Recorded 1975 1976 2001 2004 Unknown 2000 2001 1938 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 1938 1975 1976 1978 1996 2001 2001 2001 2004 1978 1975 2001 1975 2001 2001 2003 2001 2003 2001 2001 2001 2001

Last Recorded 2001 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2003 2005 2003 2004 2005 2001 2004 1938 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2004 2004 2002 2004 1975 2004 2002 2003 2004 2003 2003 2005 2004 2004

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Caddisflies in Buckinghamshire Taxon Limnephilus bipunctatus Limnephilus centralis Limnephilus decipiens Limnephilus flavicornis Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus luridus Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus rhombicus Limnephilus sparsus Limnephilus vittatus Lype phaeopa Micropterna lateralis Micropterna sequax Molanna angustata Mystacides azurea Mystacides longicornis Mystacides nigra Neureclipsis bimaculata Oecetis lacustris Oecetis ochracea Oecetis testacea Oligotricha striata Orthotrichia angustella Orthotrichia costalis Oxyethira flavicornis Phryganea bipunctata Phryganea grandis Polycentropus flavomaculatus Polycentropus irroratus Potamophylax latipennis Psychomyia pusilla Rhyacophila dorsalis Sericostoma personatum Silo nigricornis Stenophylax permistus Tinodes waeneri Triaenodes bicolor

Authority Curtis, 1834 Curtis, 1834 (Kolenati, 1848) (F., 1787) Curtis, 1834 Curtis, 1834 Curtis, 1834 (Linnaeus, 1758) Curtis, 1834 (F., 1798) (Stephens, 1836) (Stephens, 1837) McLachlan, 1875 Curtis, 1834 (Linnaeus, 1761) (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pictet, 1834) (Curtis, 1825) (Curtis, 1834) (Linnaeus, 1758) (McLachlan, 1865) (Curtis, 1834) (Pictet, 1834) Retzius, 1783 Linnaeus, 1758 (Pictet, 1834) (Curtis, 1835) (Curtis, 1834) (F., 1781) (Curtis, 1834) (Spence in Kirby & Spence, 1826) (Pictet, 1834) McLachlan, 1895 (Linnaeus, 1758) (Curtis, 1834)

Records 5 1 2 16 14 1 7 3 5 9 10 2 1 17 11 30 10 11 8 14 1 4 1 3 5 2 8 27 4 4 1 3 5 1 6 15 13

First Recorded 2001 2001 2001 Unknown 1967 1983 2001 Unknown 1996 1967 2001 2001 2001 1971 1972 1970 1971 1972 1970 1992 2001 2001 2003 2001 2001 2001 Unknown 1972 1975 1967 1975 2001 1967 1974 2001 1974 1971

2. Records per month records per month

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3. Early and late dates for selected species Taxon Cyrnus trimaculatus Leptocerus tineiformis Mystacides longicornis Oecetis ochracea Polycentropus flavomaculatus

Records 6 6 12 5 7

Earliest 12 May 16 Jun 26 May 23 Jul 28 May

Latest 17 Aug 06 Aug 20 Oct 16 Sep 17 Sep

Last Recorded 2004 2001 2003 2004 2004 1983 2004 2001 2004 2004 2004 2004 2001 2004 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2005 2001 2003 2003 2003 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 1976 1975 2003 2001 1974 2004 2004 2004

Caddisflies in Buckinghamshire

4. Top ten most frequently recorded species Taxon Mystacides longicornis Polycentropus flavomaculatus Cyrnus trimaculatus Molanna angustata Athripsodes cinereus Limnephilus flavicornis Tinodes waeneri Limnephilus lunatus Oecetis ochracea Trianodes bicolor

No. of records 30 27 18 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 Mystacides longicornis © Malcolm Storey: www.bioimages.org.uk

5. Top eight most widespread species Taxon Mystacides longicornis Polycentropus flavomaculatus Limnephilus flavicornis Limnephilus lunatus Athripsodes cinereus Cyrnus trimaculatus Molanna angustata Tinodes waeneri

No. of tetrads 20 16 12 12 10 10 9 9

6. Distribution in Buckinghamshire

Limnephilus lunatus © Malcolm Storey: www.bioimages.org.uk

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Species richness – guess in which tetrad Mike Killeby is based!

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