Chapter 1 - Núria BONADA

Turia Basin: TU10
Júcar Basin: JU2, JU10
Segura Basin: SE2, SE18
DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY
European species. In the Iberian Peninsula it is widely distributed.
Trichopteran species list
This species has been found in wide ecological conditions, from lakes to stream reaches at
different altitudes (Vieira-Lanero, 2000). In the sampled basins, larvae were found in
headwaters and midstream reaches with low conductivity, suspended solids, phosphates
and ammonium, and a higher riparian vegetation quality that other Leptoceridae.
However, González del Tánago & García de Jalón (1984) considered this species able to
tolerate eutrophy.
TRIBU Oecetini Silfvenius, 1905
Oecetis McLachlan, 1877
We have found larvae of Oecetis in Segura basin, although it was impossible to determine them
because larvae of some species recorded near the Mediterranean area remain still undescribed
(e.g., O. grazalemae).
TRIBU Setodini Morse, 1981
Setodes Rambur, 1842
84- Setodes argentipunctellus McLachlan, 1877
MATERIAL STUDIED: 112L, 1P♀ (X)
Turia Basin: TU12
Júcar Basin: JU2, JU6
Segura Basin: SE2, SE4, SE16
Almanzora Basin: AL2, AL6
Aguas Basin: AG1, AG2
Adra Basin: AD1, AD3
Guadalfeo Basin: GU16
DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY
This species is preset in Western Europe and North of Africa. In the Iberian Peninsula it is
widely distributed, although we did not find it in sampled northern basins.
Larvae have been collected in midstream and lowland reaches at low altitudes (Vieira-
Lanero, 200), what agree with our records. According to González del Tánago & García de
Jalón (1984) larvae is present in eutrophic conditions. However, in the sampled rivers S.
argentipunctellus appears to be very sensitive to ammonium, phosphates and suspended
solids but tolerant to a wide range of conductivity (Bonada et al., Chapter 8).
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