Abstract
First instars from a representative species of each of the limnephiloid families Coeridae, Brachycentridae, Lepidostomatidae, and Uenoidae and the sericostomatoid family Sericostomatidae were reared, described, and illustrated. Morphological comparisons of these species revealed 14 unique homologues which support a close evolutionary link between the families Goeridae and Uenoidae, This hypothesis concurs with a current phylogenetic interpretation and is corroborated by ecological characteristics of the 2 families, The study is an instructive example of the potential value of Ist-instar characters for phylogenetic interpretation in Trichoptera.
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