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"Supermale" caddisflies (Trichoptera : Hydropsychidae, Philopotamidae) from the North Central United States
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"Supermale" caddisflies (Trichoptera : Hydropsychidae, Philopotamidae) from the North Central United States

Entomological news, Vol.115(3), pp.129-134
01/05/2004

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Entomology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
Specimens of Chimarra socia and Cheumatopsyche campyla from Minnesota and Ohio, respectively, are reported with the unusual condition of possessing two sets of mate genitalia. These specimens, the first report of "supermale" caddisflies from the United States are described and illustrated herein. The cause of the supermale condition remains unclear.

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