Chapter 1 - Núria BONADA

Trichopteran species list
calcareous/siliceous headwaters mountain streams with a well-developed riparian forest.
González del Tánago & García de Jalón (1984) suggest that H. siltalai can tolerate some
pollution what would agree with our results as this species appear to be slightly tolerant
to suspended solids, phosphates and ammonium concentrations, but it is very sensitive
to conductivity (Bonada et al., Chapter 8).
39- Hydropsyche tibialis McLachlan, 1884
MATERIAL STUDIED: 7L
Guadalfeo Basin: GU1 GU11
DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY
Endemic species from the Iberian Peninsula where it has found in western and southern
areas.
This species has been recorded previously in mountain headwaters and clean reaches
(Vieira-Lanero, 2000). In the Guadalfeo basins it has been found over 1500 m.
Cheumatopsyche Wallengren, 1891
40- Cheumatopsyche lepida (Pictet, 1834)
MATERIAL STUDIED: 2L, 1P♂ (X)
Llobregat Basin: L42
Júcar Basin: JU2, JU3, JU4, JU12, JU13
Segura Basin: SE5
DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY
Species distributed around Europe and southwestern Asia. In the Iberian Peninsula us
widely distributed, although in the sampled Mediterranean basins lacks in the most
southern basins, probably because an appropriate habitat was unavailable.
C. lepida has been associated to middle and lowland reaches beeing present in clean
waters although it can be also tolerant to some pollution (Vieira-Lanero, 2000). In
Llobregat, Júcar and Segura rivers C. lepida was found in midstream reaches with a fair
water quality where it is able to tolerate a wide range of phosphates concentration
although it is quite sensitive to suspended solids, conductivity and ammonium.
Family ECNOMIDAE Ulmer, 1903
Ecnomus McLachlan, 1864
41- Ecnomus deceptor McLachlan, 1884
MATERIAL STUDIED: 1L, 1P♂ (VI)
Llobregat Basin: L77
Guadalquivir Basin: GE
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