Rhyacophila tucula

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SeasonalityAdults fly from late August to mid-October. IdentificationAdult antennae are light yellowish brown and vertex of the head deep reddish brown with paler warts. Spurs are brown. The distal article of the clasper in males is rectangular in outline and has a triangular disto-ventral process (Nimmo, 1971).

Scientific Name Rhyacophila tucula Habitat Smaller streams with rocky beds. Seasonality Adults fly from late August to mid-October. Identification

Adult antennae are light yellowish brown and vertex of the head deep reddish brown with paler warts. Spurs are brown. The distal article of the clasper in males is rectangular in outline and has a triangular…

Conservation Not collected often, possibly uncommon. Diet Info Larvae are probably predacious. Range This species range extends from Alaska, south to Wyoming and Oregon. In Alberta, there is only one local population in the lower foothills near Edson (Nimmo, 1971).

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"Species Details - Rhyacophila tucula, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3153. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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UASM4242 - Rhyacophila tucula

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Sundance Creek camp Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1968-09-10

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