Mystacides Explained

Mystacides is a genus of long-horned caddisflies in the family Leptoceridae. There are more than 20 described species in Mystacides.

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Mystacides:

• Mystacides absimilis Yang & Morse, 1997
• Mystacides alafimbriatus Hill-Griffin, 1912
• Mystacides azureus (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Mystacides bifidus Martynov, 1924
• Mystacides concolor Burmeister, 1839
• Mystacides dentatus Martynov, 1924
• Mystacides elongatus Yamamoto & Ross, 1966
• Mystacides fennica Kolenati, 1858
• Mystacides indicus Martynov, 1936
• Mystacides interjectus (Banks, 1914)
• Mystacides khasicus Kimmins, 1963
• Mystacides leucopterus McLachlan, 1884
• Mystacides longicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Mystacides monochrous McLachlan, 1880
• Mystacides niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Mystacides nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Mystacides pacificus Mey, 1991
• Mystacides pristinus Yang & Morse, 2000
• Mystacides sandersoni Yamamoto & Ross, 1966
• Mystacides schmidi Yang & Morse
• Mystacides sepulchralis (Walker, 1852) (black dancer)
• Mystacides sibiricus Martynov, 1935
• Mystacides superatus Yang & Morse, 2000
• Mystacides testaceus Navás, 1931

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. 2018ZooK..730...57H.
• Book: Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). 1996. Wiggins . Glenn B.. University of Toronto Press. 978-1442655065.