''Rhyacophila'' is a genus of
caddisflies
The caddisflies (order Trichoptera) are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and Annulipalpia on the basis ...
in the family
Rhyacophilidae
The Rhyacophilidae are a family in the insect order of Trichoptera. Larvae of this family are free living and most species are predatory. The largest genus is ''Rhyacophila'', with near 500 species distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
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. There are at least 640 described species in ''Rhyacophila''.
ITIS Taxonomic note:
*Type species: ''Rhyacophila vulgaris'' F.J. Pictet (selected by HH Ross, 1944, Bull Illinois Nat Hist Surv 23: 32).
See also
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List of Rhyacophila species
This is a list of 647 species in the genus ''Rhyacophila'', green sedges.
''Rhyacophila'' species
References
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Trichoptera genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Spicipalpia
Taxa named by François Jules Pictet de la Rive
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