Hydropsyche Pictet 1834
Creators: name: Pandher, Manpreet S.
name: Kaur, Simarjit
name: Parey, Sajad H.
name: Saini, Malkiat S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsyche

description: Genus Hydropsyche Pictet 1834
Type species: Hydropsyche cinerea Pictet 1834, synonym of Hydropsyche instabilis Curtis 1834 (designated by Ross 1944).
Symphitopsyche Ulmer 1907, 32, fig. 48, type species: Hydropsyche mauritiana McLachlan (monobasic); synonym of Hydropsyche according to Scott 1983, 319; also Schefter 2005, 148 and Oláh & Johanson 2008, 56 and Geraci et al. 2010, 295.
Caldra Navás 1924, 142, type species: Caldra nigra Navás (original designation); synonym of Hydropsyche according to Botosaneanu & Malicky, 1978, 344 (in Illies 1978); synonymy not confirmed by Geraci et al. 2010, 295.
Plesiopsyche Navás 1931, 127, type species: Plesiopsyche alluaudina Navás (original designation); synonym of Symphitopsyche according to Ross & Unzicker 1977, 304–305; synonym of Hydropsyche according to Geraci et al. 2010, 295.
Hydatomanicus Ulmer 1951, 226, 228, 299, type species: Hydromanicus verrucosus Ulmer (original designation); a subgenus of Hydropsyche according to Malicky & Chantaramongkol, 2000, 791–860; synonym of Hydromanicus according to Oláh & Johanson 2008, 14; synonym of genus Hydropsyche according to Geraci et al. 2010, 926.
Caledopsyche Kimmins 1953, 251, type species: Caledopsyche cheesmanae Kimmins (original designation); synonym of Hydropsyche according to Geraci et al. 2010, 926.
Herbertorossia Ulmer 1957, 399, type species: Hydromanicus ungulatus Ulmer (original designation); synonym of Hydropsyche according to Schefter 2005, 148; also Oláh & Johanson 2008, 56 and Geraci et al. 2010, 295.
Orthopsyche McFarlane 1976, 30, type species: Hydropsyche fimbriata McLachlan (original designation); possibly a synonym of Hydropsyche according to Schefter 2005, 148; confirmed as a synonym of Hydropsyche by Geraci et al. 2010, 926).
Aoteapsyche McFarlane 1976, 30–31, type species: Hydropsyche raruraru McFarlane (original designation); synonym of Hydropsyche according to Schefter 2005, 148; synonym of Orthopsyche according to Oláh & Johanson, 2008, 164; synonym of Hydropsyche according to Geraci et al. 2010, 926.
Ceratopsyche Ross & Unzicker, 1977, 305, described originally as a subgenus of Symphitopsyche, type species: Hydropsyche bronta Ross (original designation); treated as an independent genus by Nielsen 1981, 278; treated as an independent genus by Schuster 1984, 340; treated as a subgenus of Hydropsyche by Schefter et al. 1986, 68; synonym of Hydropsyche according to Oláh & Johanson 2008, 56, also Geraci et al. 2010, 295.
Mexipsyche Ross & Unzicker 1977, 305, type species Mexipsyche dampfi Ross & Unzicker (original designation); synonym of Hydropsyche according to Oláh & Johanson 2008, 56, also Geraci et al. 2010, 295.
Occutanspsyche Li & Tian 1989, 44, described originally as a subgenus of Hydropsyche, type species: Hydropsyche (Occutanspsyche) polyacantha Li & Tian (original designation); synonym of Hydropsyche according to Geraci et al. 2010, 296.
Diagnostic features: Tarsal claws similar on all three pairs of legs, twisted asymmetrically, overhung by heavy, black hair; tibial spur formula 2, 4, 4. Male sternite V paired lobes each with aperture from large internal gland of two cavities, lobe more or less developed depending on species, gland small, spherical, in female with lobe only slightly developed. Forewing cross-veins m-cu and cu clearly separated. Hind wing fork I petiolate; median cell closed; stems of M and Cu1 parallel and very close together (Figs. 62, 63).
Male genitalia: Segment IX having posterolateral margins projecting posterad, with long setae. Segment X simple or complex, massive, with lobes shaped differently among species. Inferior appendages each 2-segmented, with stout, conical apical segment. Phallus curved ventrad basally, bilobed distally in some species, simple or complex. Female genitalia: Tergite VIII notched in middle of apex, occasionally with slightly curved apicolateral angles. Sternite VIII divided into 2 large lobes over half its length. Segment X forming blunt, seta-bearing angle on each side; cavity or depression with species-specific shape located in middle of each side for insertion of tip of inferior appendage of male during mating; apex with two pairs of digitate processes and pair of cerci.
description: Published as part of Pandher, Manpreet S., Kaur, Simarjit, Parey, Sajad H. & Saini, Malkiat S., 2017, Review of genus Hydropsyche Pictet 1834 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from India, pp. 331-360 in Zootaxa 4365 (3) on page 333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1118016