Chapter 1 - Núria BONADA

Trichopteran species list
DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY
Central and southern European species and Anatolia. In the Iberian Peninsula is
restricted to northern and central basins.
Is a common species from headwaters with a wide altitudinal range (Vieira-Lanero, 2000).
We have found larvae in calcareous and siliceous rivers, reaching the 2000 m in the
Pyrenees. Rh. tristis is a species considered very sensitive to pollution. Jointly with Rh.
nevada, is the member of the family more sensitive to environmental quality variables
(Bonada et al., Chapter 8).
14- Other RHYACOPHILIDAE
In Segura Bain (site SE3) it has been found (A. Mellado pers. comm.) one larvae of a
Rhyacophilidae with lateral abdominal gills composed by 3 filaments, which do not
correspond to any Rhyacophilidae group (Figure 2). The rarity of this specimen suggests
that further specific studies of adults and larvae of should be done in the area.
Figure 2. General view and detail of abdominal gills from the Rhyacophilid collected in Segura basins, with
3 gills in each side of abdominal segments (picture from A. Mellado).
Family GLOSSOSOMATIDAE Wallengren, 1891
Subfamily Agapetinae Martynov, 1913
Agapetus Curtis, 1834
Although highly abundant, the larvae of several species of Agapetus, widely distributed in the
Mediterranean region, are not described (e.g., A. incertulus and A. theichingeri). Therefore, we
only present here the species obtained from pupae or adults. It is interesting to point out that
Agapetus sp. specimens found in the southern Mediterranean Basins appear to be more
pollution tolerant that was expected from literature (González del Tánago & García de Jalón,
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