Lype Explained

Lype is a genus of net tube caddisflies in the family Psychomyiidae. There are more than 20 described species in Lype.

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Lype:

• Lype afra Mosely, 1939
• Lype atnia Malicky & Chantaramongkol, 1993
• Lype auripilis McLachlan, 1884
• Lype daurica Ivanov & Levanidova in Arefina, Ivanov & Levanidova, 1996
• Lype dhumravarna Schmid, 1972
• Lype diversa (Banks, 1914)
• Lype excisa Mey, 1991
• Lype flavospinosa Mosely, 1930
• Lype formosana
• Lype lubaretsi
• Lype nitida Statzner, 1976
• Lype phaeopa (Stephens, 1836)
• Lype reducta (Hagen, 1868)
• Lype saxonica Mey, 1985
• Lype sinuata McLachlan, 1878
• Lype tipmanee Chantaramongkol & Malicky, 1986
• Lype vietnamella Mey, 1996
• † Lype essentia Melnitsky & Ivanov, 2013
• † Lype eximia Ulmer, 1912
• † Lype prolongata Ulmer, 1912
• † Lype recta Mey, 1988
• † Psychomyia sericea (Pictet & Hagen, 1856)

Further reading

• Book: An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. 2008. Merritt . Richard W.. Cummins . Kenneth W.. Kendall/Hunt. 978-0787232412.
• Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities. 2018. Houghton . D. C.. DeWalt . R. E.. Pytel . A. J.. Brandin . C. M.. Rogers . S. E.. Ruiter . D. E.. Bright . E.. Hudson . P. L.. Armitage . B. J.. 4. ZooKeys. 730. 57–74. 10.3897/zookeys.730.21776. 5799788. 29416396. free.
• Book: Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). 1996. Wiggins . Glenn B.. University of Toronto Press. 978-1442655065.