Species Details
Brachycentrus americanus
Freshwater Invertebrate Collection Read more about this collection »
SeasonalityAdults can be found from late June to mid-September.
IdentificationThe vertex of the adult head is reddish-brown with dense white and beige hairs. Antennae are brown, with reddish rings. Spur count is 2, 2, 3. Claspers of the males are irregularly shaped, dumb-bell like. Otherwise, the overall shape of the clasper is linear, with the extremities folded mesad.
Scientific Name
Brachycentrus americanus
Seasonality
Adults can be found from late June to mid-September.
Identification
The vertex of the adult head is reddish-brown with dense white and beige hairs. Antennae are brown, with reddish rings. Spur count is 2, 2, 3. Claspers of the males are irregularly shaped, dumb-bell like. …
The vertex of the adult head is reddish-brown with dense white and beige hairs. Antennae are brown, with reddish rings. Spur count is 2, 2, 3. Claspers of the males are irregularly shaped, dumb-bell like. Otherwise, the overall shape of the clasper is linear, with the extremities folded mesad.
Life History
No information available.
Conservation
Common.
Diet Info
The larvae are omnivorous, obtaining their food either by filter feeding or scraping.
Range
This species has a Holarctic distribution: in North America, from Alaska to New Mexico, in the east from Tennessee to Vermont. In Canada, it is transcontinental (Schmid, 1983).
Citation
Page Citation for Brachycentrus americanus
Page Citation
"Brachycentrus americanus, Freshwater Invertebrate Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/5-1064. Accessed 23 May. 2022.
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Hexapoda
Subclass
Insecta
Order
Trichoptera
Superfamily
Limnephiloidea
Family
Brachycentridae
Genus
Brachycentrus
Species
Brachycentrus americanus
This hierarchy is created from our museum records, it may not always accurately reflect modern taxonomies.
Taxonomic Hierarchy for Freshwater Invertebrate Collection
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Kingdom
Animalia
- Phylum Acanthocephala
-
Phylum
Annelida
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Class
Clitellata
- Subclass Hirudinea
- Subclass Lumbriculata
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Class
Clitellata
-
Phylum
Arthropoda
-
Subphylum
Chelicerata
- Class Arachnida
-
Class
Hexapoda
- Subclass Entognatha
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Subclass
Insecta
-
Order
Coleoptera
-
Suborder
Adephaga
- Superfamily Caraboidea
- Family Amphizoidae
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Family
Dytiscidae
- Genus Acilius
- Genus Agabus
- Genus Bidessus
- Genus Carrhydrus
- Genus Colymbetes
- Genus Coptotomus
- Genus Deronectes
- Genus Desmopachria
- Genus Dytiscus
- Genus Eretes
- Genus Graphoderus
- Genus Hydaticus
- Genus Hydroporus
- Genus Hydrovatus
- Genus Hygrotus
- Genus Ilybius
- Genus Laccophilus
- Genus Nebrioporus
- Genus Neoscutopterus
- Genus Oreodytes
- Genus Rhantus
- Genus Stictotarsus
- Family Gyrinidae
- Family Haliplidae
- Suborder Polyphaga
-
Suborder
Adephaga
-
Order
Diptera
- Family Blephariceridae
- Family Ceratopogonidae
- Family Chironomidae
-
Family
Culicidae
-
Genus
Aedes
- Species Aedes canadensis
- Species Aedes cataphylla
- Species Aedes cinereus
- Species Aedes dorsalis
- Species Aedes eudes
- Species Aedes excrucians
- Species Aedes fitchii
- Species Aedes flavescens
- Species Aedes hexodontus
- Species Aedes intrudens
- Species Aedes pionips
- Species Aedes provocans
- Species Aedes punctor
- Species Aedes riparius
- Species Aedes sp.
- Species Aedes vexans
- Genus Chaoborus
- Genus Culex
- Genus Culiseta
- Genus Eucorethra
- Genus Mochlonyx
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Genus
Aedes
- Family Deuterophlebiidae
- Family Dixidae
- Family Dolichopodidae
- Family Empididae
- Family Liriopeidae
- Family Muscidae
- Family Psychodidae
- Family Rhagionidae
- Family Simuliidae
- Family Stratiomyidae
- Family Syrphidae
- Family Tabanidae
- Family Tipulidae
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Order
Ephemeroptera
- Family Baetidae
- Family Baetiscidae
- Family Behningiidae
- Family Caenidae
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Family
Ephemerellidae
- Genus Dannella
- Genus Drunella
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Genus
Ephemerella
- Species Ephemerella argusta
- Species Ephemerella compar
- Species Ephemerella doddsi
- Species Ephemerella flavilinea
- Species Ephemerella hecuba
- Species Ephemerella inermis
- Species Ephemerella infrequens
- Species Ephemerella invaria
- Species Ephemerella margarita
- Species Ephemerella proserpina
- Species Ephemerella sp.
- Species Ephemerella spinifera
- Species Ephemerella teresa
- Genus Serratella
- Family Ephemeridae
- Family Heptageniidae
- Family Leptophlebiidae
- Family Metretopodidae
- Family Polymitarcyidae
- Family Siphlonuridae
- Family Tricorythidae
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Order
Hemiptera
- Family Belostomatidae
- Family Corixidae
- Family Gerridae
- Family Mesoveliidae
- Family Nepidae
- Family Notonectidae
- Family Saldidae
- Family Veliidae
- Order Lepidoptera
- Order Megaloptera
- Order Neuroptera
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Order
Odonata
- Suborder Anisoptera
- Suborder Zygoptera
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Order
Plecoptera
- Family Capniidae
- Family Chloroperlidae
- Family Leuctridae
- Family Nemouridae
- Family Peltoperlidae
- Family Perlidae
- Family Perlodidae
- Family Pteronarcyidae
- Family Taeniopterygidae
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Order
Trichoptera
- Superfamily Glossosomatoidea
- Superfamily Hydropsychoidea
- Superfamily Hydroptiloidea
- Superfamily Leptoceroidea
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Superfamily
Limnephiloidea
- Family Brachycentridae
- Family Lepidostomatidae
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Family
Limnephilidae
- Subfamily Dicosmoecinae
- Subfamily Limnephilinae
- Genus Clostoeca
- Genus Glyphotaelius
- Genus Imania
- Genus Pycnoglypha
- Family Uenoidae
- Superfamily Philopotamoidea
- Superfamily Phryganeoidea
- Superfamily Rhyacophiloidea
- Superfamily Sericostomatoidea
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Order
Coleoptera
- Class Malacostraca
- Class Maxillopoda
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Subclass
Branchiopoda
- Order Anostraca
- Order Cladocera
- Order Conchostraca
- Order Notostraca
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Subphylum
Chelicerata
- Phylum Bryozoa
- Phylum Cnidaria
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Phylum
Mollusca
- Class Gastropoda
- Class Pelecypoda
- Phylum Nematomorpha
- Phylum Platyhelminthes
- Phylum Porifera
-
Phylum
Rotifera
- Class Bdelloidea
-
Class
Monogononta
- Order Collothecaceae
- Order Flosculariaceae
- Order Ploima
- Phylum Tardigrada
Disclaimer
This hierarchy is created from our museum records, it may not always accurately reflect modern taxonomies.
Authorship
Name
Robinson, E.
Role
species page editor
Name
Nimmo, A. P.
Role
species page author
References
Publication Type
Journal
Author
Schmid, F.
Title
Revision des trichopteres Canadiens. III. Les Hyalopsychidae, Psychomyiidae, Goeride, Brachycentridae, Sericostomatidae, Helicopsychidae, Beraeidae, Odontoceridae, Calamoceratidae et Molannidae.
Publication Date
1983
Series Title
Memoires de la societe entomologique du Canada
Volume
125
Pages
109
Specimen Information
There are 4 specimens of this Species.
3 results plotted on map in 1 marker.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.
IN1352 - Brachycentrus americanus
Freshwater Invertebrate Collection
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta
Collected ByRobertson, M. R.
Date Collected1969
IN3989 - Brachycentrus americanus
Freshwater Invertebrate Collection
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Steepbank River (Undet.)
Collected ByA.O.S.E.R.P.
Date Collected1977-05-01
IN3990 - Brachycentrus americanus
Freshwater Invertebrate Collection
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Steepbank River (Undet.)
Collected ByA.O.S.E.R.P.
Date Collected1976-07-22
IN3991 - Brachycentrus americanus
Freshwater Invertebrate Collection
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Steepbank River (Undet.)
Collected ByA.O.S.E.R.P.
Date Collected1976-07-22