Background Diversity and distribution of Neotropical aquatic insects is still poorly known,
with many species to be recorded and many others to be described, due to the small number …

Within Leptoceridae, the genus Oecetis contains about 500 species around the world,
including 53 in the Neotropics. In Brazil, there are 15 recorded species of Oecetis. These …

A second assessment of Brazilian Trichoptera species records is presented here. A total of
625 species were recorded for Brazil. This represents an increase of 65.34% new species …

Caddisflies are a highly diverse group of aquatic insects, particularly in the Neotropical
region where there is a high number of endemic taxa. Based on taxonomic contributions …

The male and female of a new species in the long-horned caddisfly genus Nectopsyche
Müller, 1879 are described from southeastern Brazil. The new species has male genitalia …

Insects are fundamental to biodiversity conservation in almost all ecosystems, and their
population decline, and extinction directly result from environmental impacts. These facts are …

Trichoptera presents about 15,000 species described globally, of which 2,562 are recorded
in the Neotropics and 642 in Brazil, distributed in 70 genera and 16 families. In Brazil …