Abstract
The female of Parapsyche cardis Ross is described and the female of Parapsyche apicalis (Banks) is redescribed and illustrated. A key is provided to the genera of Hydropsychidae of the southeastern United States, based primarily on wing characters. The subfamily Arctopsychinae (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) in North America contains the genera Arctopsyche McLachlan (4 spp.) and Parapsyche Betten (7 spp.; Morse 2009). Milne and Milne (1938) reviewed the North American species (as family Arctopsychidae), including descriptions of females of Arctopsyche grandis (Banks) and Parapsyche apicalis (Banks). Nimmo (1987) provided a review of the subfamily (as family Arctopsychidae), in which he described or redescribed males and females of the Canadian fauna;but the females of Parapsyche cardis Ross remained undescribed. Recent light trap and Malaise trap collections in the southern Appalachians, in association with the Great Smoky Mountains All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory and other surveys, yielded large numbers of both male and female arctopsychines. Examination of the females revealed that in addition to the females of Arctopsyche irrorata Banks and Parapsyche apicalis, an undescribed female form was collected.
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