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PHYLUM
Annelida “Annelids”
CLASS
Hirudinea “Leeches”
ORDER
Rhynchobdellida
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FAMILY
Glossiphoniidae
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GENUS
Placobdella
Arthropoda “Arthropods”
CLASS
Collembola “Springtails”
ORDER
Poduromorpha
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FAMILY
Poduridae
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GENUS
Podura
Insecta “Insects”
ORDER
Coleoptera “Adult Beetles”
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FAMILY
Dryopidae
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GENUS
Helichus
Dytiscidae
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GENUS
Agabus
Copelatus
Elmidae
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GENUS
Ancyronyx variegatus
Dubiraphia
Macronychus glabratus
Microcylloepus
Optioservus
Stenelmis
Gyrinidae
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GENUS
Dineutus
Gyrinus
Haliplidae
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GENUS
Peltodytes
Hydrophilidae
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GENUS
Berosus
Tropisternus
Coleoptera “Larval Beetles”
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FAMILY
Dytiscidae
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GENUS
Agabus
Copelatus
Elmidae
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GENUS
Ancyronyx variegatus
Dubiraphia
Macronychus glabratus
Microcylloepus
Optioservus
Stenelmis
Gyrinidae
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GENUS
Dineutus
Gyrinus
Haliplidae
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GENUS
Peltodytes
Hydrophilidae
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GENUS
Berosus
Tropisternus
Psephenidae
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GENUS
Psephenus
Ptilodactylidae
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GENUS
Anchytarsus
Diptera “True Flies”
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FAMILY
Athericidae
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GENUS
Atherix
Blephariceridae
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GENUS
Blepharicera
Ceratopogonidae
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GENUS
Probezzia
Chironomidae
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GENUS
Chironomus
Diamesa
Orthocladius
Tanytarsus
Culicidae
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GENUS
Aedes
Dixidae
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Dixa
Empididae
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GENUS
Hemerodromia
Ephydridae
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Ephydridae
Limoniidae
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Antocha
Hexatoma
Muscidae
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GENUS
Musca
Pediciidae
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GENUS
Dicranota
Psychodidae
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GENUS
Telmatoscopus
Ptychopteridae
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GENUS
Ptychoptera
Simuliidae
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GENUS
Prosimulium
Simulium
Stratiomyidae
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GENUS
Stratiomys
Syrphidae
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GENUS
Chrysogaster
Tipulidae
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GENUS
Tipula
Ephemeroptera “Mayflies”
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FAMILY
Ameletidae
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GENUS
Ameletus
Baetidae
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GENUS
Acentrella
Baetis
Heterocloeon
Baetiscidae
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Baetisca
Caenidae
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Caenis
Ephemerellidae
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Attenella
Drunella
Ephemerella
Eurylophella
Serratella
Ephemeridae
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GENUS
Ephemera
Hexagenia
Heptageniidae
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GENUS
Epeorus
Heptagenia
Leucrocuta
Maccaffertium
Rhithrogena
Stenacron
Isonychiidae
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Isonychia
Leptohyphidae
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Tricorythodes
Leptophlebiidae
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Habrophlebia
Leptophlebia
Paraleptophlebia
Metretopodidae
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Siphloplecton
Polymitarcyidae
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GENUS
Ephoron
Potamanthidae
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GENUS
Anthopotamus
Siphlonuridae
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GENUS
Siphlonurus
Hemiptera “True Bugs”
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FAMILY
Belostomatidae
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GENUS
Belostoma
Corixidae
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GENUS
Hesperocorixa
Gerridae
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GENUS
Gerris
Naucoridae
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GENUS
Pelocoris
Nepidae
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Ranatra
Notonectidae
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GENUS
Notonecta
Veliidae
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GENUS
Microvelia
Rhagovelia
Lepidoptera “Aquatic Caterpillars, Snout Moths”
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FAMILY
Crambidae
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GENUS
Parapoynx
Megaloptera “Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies”
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FAMILY
Corydalidae
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GENUS
Nigronia
Sialidae
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GENUS
Sialis
Odonata “Dragonflies and Damselflies”
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FAMILY
Aeshnidae
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GENUS
Boyeria
Calopterygidae
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GENUS
Calopteryx
Coenagrionidae
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GENUS
Argia
Enallagma
Ischnura
Cordulegastridae
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GENUS
Cordulegaster
Corduliidae
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Epitheca
Gomphidae
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Lanthus
Ophiogomphus
Lestidae
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GENUS
Lestes
Libellulidae
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GENUS
Libellula
Plecoptera “Stoneflies”
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FAMILY
Capniidae
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Allocapnia
Chloroperlidae
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Alloperla
Leuctridae
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Leuctra
Nemouridae
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Amphinemura
Peltoperlidae
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Tallaperla
Perlidae
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Acroneuria
Agnetina
Neoperla
Paragnetina
Perlesta
Perlodidae
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Clioperla
Isoperla
Remenus
Pteronarcyidae
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Pteronarcys
Taeniopterygidae
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GENUS
Strophopteryx
Taeniopteryx
Trichoptera “Caddisflies”
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FAMILY
Apataniidae
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GENUS
Apatania
Brachycentridae
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Brachycentrus
Micrasema
Calamoceratidae
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Heteroplectron
Dipseudopsidae
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Phylocentropus
Glossosomatidae
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GENUS
Glossosoma
Goeridae
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Goera
Helicopsychidae
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Helicopsyche
Hydropsychidae
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Arctopsyche
Cheumatopsyche
Diplectrona
Hydropsyche
Macrostemum
Hydroptilidae
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Hydroptila
Lepidostomatidae
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Lepidostoma
Leptoceridae
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Ceraclea
Nectopsyche
Oecetis
Triaenodes
Limnephilidae
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Ironoquia
Platycentropus
Pycnopsyche
Molannidae
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Molanna
Odontoceridae
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Psilotreta
Philopotamidae
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Chimarra
Dolophilodes
Phryganeidae
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Ptilostomis
Polycentropodidae
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Neureclipsis
Nyctiophylax
Psychomyiidae
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Lype
Psychomyia
Rhyacophilidae
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Rhyacophila
Sericostomatidae
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Agarodes
Thremmatidae
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GENUS
Neophylax
Malacostraca “Malacostracans”
ORDER
Amphipoda “Amphipods, scuds, sideswimmers”
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FAMILY
Gammaridae
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GENUS
Gammarus
Decapoda “Decapods”
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FAMILY
Cambaridae
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GENUS
Unidentified
Isopoda “Isopods”
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FAMILY
Asellidae
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GENUS
Asellus
Mollusca “Mollusks”
CLASS
Bivalvia “Bivalves”
ORDER
Unionoida “Freshwater Mussels”
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FAMILY
Unionidae
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GENUS
Elliptio
Veneroida
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FAMILY
Cyrenidae
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GENUS
Corbicula
Sphaeriidae
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Pisidium
Gastropoda “Snails and Slugs”
ORDER
Basommatophora
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FAMILY
Physidae
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GENUS
Physa
Planorbidae
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Helisoma
Neotaenioglossa
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FAMILY
Hydrobiidae
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GENUS
Somatogyrus
order
Coleoptera
“Adult Beetles”
Coleoptera
“Larval Beetles”
Diptera
“True Flies”
Ephemeroptera
“Mayflies”
Hemiptera
“True Bugs”
Lepidoptera
“Aquatic Caterpillars, Snout Moths”
Megaloptera
“Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies”
Odonata
“Dragonflies and Damselflies”
Plecoptera
“Stoneflies”
Trichoptera
“Caddisflies”
Diptera
family
Athericidae
“Watersnipe Flies, Aquatic Flies”
Blephariceridae
“Net-winged Midges”
Ceratopogonidae
“Biting Midges, No-See-Ums, Punkies, Sand Flies”
Chironomidae
“Non-Biting Midges, Midges”
Culicidae
“Mosquitoes”
Dixidae
“Meniscus Midges”
Empididae
“Dance Flies”
Ephydridae
“Shore Flies”
Limoniidae
“Limoniid Crane Flies”
Muscidae
“House Flies”
Pediciidae
“Hairy-eyed Crane Flies”
Psychodidae
“Moth Flies”
Ptychopteridae
“Phantom Crane Flies”
Simuliidae
“Black Flies”
Stratiomyidae
“Soldier Flies”
Syrphidae
“Hover Flies”
Tipulidae
“Large Crane Flies”
Empididae
genus
Hemerodromia
“Dance Flies”
Genus Overview
No genus-level description defined.
Characteristics
POLLUTION TOLERANCE
Mid-Atlantic: 6 and higher
0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
FEEDING HABITS
Piercer / Predator
MOVEMENT
Burrower
Sprawler
DISTRIBUTION
Widespread (east of the Rocky Mtns.)
HABITAT
Lotic-depositional
Lotic-erosional
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Diagnostic Characters
Order
Legs Absent
Family
1-4 Rounded Lobes on End of Abdomen
All Abdominal Segments with Hook-bearing Prolegs
Head Capsule Not Sclerotized and Exposed
NO IP
Mouth Hooks Moving Vertically
Spiracles Absent
+ Expanded Character List
Order: Wings and wing pads absent. Eye spots sometimes visible, but compound eyes absent. Segmented legs absent, but sometimes fleshy prolegs present. Sometimes with distinct head, often without head or with head drawn deeply into thorax. Body flattened, cylindrical, or maggot-like.
Family: The tip of the head is visible but is mostly reduced to a pair of slender rods retracted into the thorax; the mouth hooks (mandibles) move up and down parallel to one another; the body is cylindrical; there are usually four hairy lobes and no spiracles at the end of the abdomen and each of the abdominal segments has a pair of fleshy ventral prolegs with tiny apical hooks; if spiracles are present and only a single lobe is at the end of the body, then the abdominal segments lack prolegs but instead have transverse ventral creeping welts.
Genus: Not defined.