Changing the pupal–case architecture as a survival strategy in the caddisfly, Annitella amelia Sipahiler, 1998 (Insecta, Trichoptera)

• Published in: Animal biodiversity and conservation Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 65 - 75
• Main Authors: Alba–Tercedor, J., Sáinz–Bariáin, M., Zamora–Muñoz, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Caddisfly; Insecta; MicroCT; Pupal case architecture; Trichoptera; ANE, Europe, Iberian Peninsula

In early autumn, pupal cases of the scarce caddisfly species, Annitella amelia Sipahiler, 1998 were collected on the shore of a narrow, shallow brook from the northwestern Iberian peninsula, in Spain. Some of the pupal cases had been built as a new tube inside an existing tubular case. Moreover, for...