A catalogue of Japanese Trichoptera
15. Family Brachycentridae

Author: Takao NOZAKI
E-mail: takao.nozaki[AT]nifty.com
June, 12, 2009 released.


Four genera belonging to this family have been recorded from Japan.

Genus Brachycentrus Curtis

Three species belonging to this genus have been recorded from Japan (Nozaki 2005a).

Brachycentrus (Oligoplectrodes) americanus (Banks 1899)

Oligoplectrum americanum Banks 1899, 210, male, USA.
Oligoplectrodes potanini Martynov 1910, 356-359, male, Russia, Mongolia. Synonymized by Schmid (1983)
Lepneva 1966, 381-387, larva, case.
Brachycentrus americanus: Ross 1944, 263-264, male, female, larva.
Fischer 1970, 100.
Wiggins 1977, 59, larva, case, USA.
Schmid 1983, 22-23, male, female.
Flint, 1984, 17-18, male, larva, USA, Canada.
Tanida 1985, 192, larva, case.
Tanida et al. 1991, 16-17, 88, adult, larva, pupa, case, drifting behavior of larva.
Kuhara et al. 1993, 18, Hokkaido (Ishikari).
Kuranishi and Kuhara, 1994, 1227, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Wiggins 1996, 213, larva, case, USA.
Arefina and Levanidova 1997, 91, male, female.
Kuhara 1997a, 61, Hokkaido (Shiribeshi).
Nakajima et al. 1997, 18-19, Hokkaido (Oshima).
Wiggins and Parker 1997, 833-834, variation of tibial spur formula, USA, Russia.
Ito et al. 1998, 11-12, 14, Hokkaido (Nemuro).
Ito et al. 1999, 25-27, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Nozaki et al. 1999, 353.
Ohkawa 1999, 41-44, Hokkaido (Tokachi).
Ito et al. 2000b, 30-31, Hokkaido (Ishikari).
Kuhara et al. 2000, 251, Hokkaido (Iburi).
Kuhara 2001, 18, Hokkaido (Shiribeshi).
Ohkawa and Ito 2001, 264-265, larva, food, Hokkaido (Ishikari).
Kuranishi and Satake 2004, 37, Hokkaido (Abashiri).
Nozaki 2005a, 498-499, 501, larva, case, male.
Nozaki 2005b, 333-335, male, female, larva, Hokkaido (Nemuro, Kushiro, Abashiri, Tokachi, Akan, Kamikawa, Ishikari).
Ito and Kosugi 2007, 54, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Muramatsu 2008, 7, Hokkaido (Abashiri)
Type locality. USA.
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido), Russia (Siberia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kurile), North America, Mongolia.

Brachycentrus (Sphinctogaster) japonicus (Iwata 1927)

Brachycentriella japonica Iwata 1927a, 259, larva, case, Honshu (Nagano).
Iwata 1927b, 215, 218, (Honshu (Nagano).
Fischer 1970, 96.
Brachycentrus japonicus: Flint 1984, 25, new combination.
Nozaki et al. 1999, 353.
Nozaki, 2005b, 329-331, male, female, larva, Honshu (Yamagata, Fukushima, Tochigi, Nagano).
Nozaki 2005c, 109, adult, larva.
Brachycentrus bilobatus Martynov 1935, 370-372, male, Russia. Synonymized by Nozaki (2005a).
Fischer 1970, 101.
Wiggins et al. 1985, 68-69, male, female, Honshu (Fukushima).
Arefina and Levanidova 1997, 91, male, female.
Nozaki et al. 1999, 353.
Nozaki, 2005a, 501, male.
Brachycentrus sp. BC: Akagi, 1962a, 43, larva, Honshu (Nagano). Associated by Wiggins et al. (1985) and Nozaki (2005a).
Nozaki 2005a, 499, larva.
Type locality. Honshu (Nagano), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Honshu), Russia (Primorye), North Korea, Mongolia.
Remarks. This species has not been recorded from Hokkaido, although Nozaki (2005b) included Hokkaido as a distribution area of this species.

Brachycentrus (Brachycentrus) kuwayamai Wiggins, Tani and Tanida 1985

Brachycentrus subnubilus: Iwata 1927a, 258-259, pl. 10, larva (in part), Honshu (Gifu). Misidentification mentioned by Wiggins et al. (1985) and Nozaki (2005b).
Iwata 1927b, 214-215, pl. 6, larva, Honshu (Gifu).
Brachycentrus kuwayamai Wiggins et al. 1985, 70-71, male, Honshu (Fukushima).
Itou 1989, 55, Hokkaido (Kusshiro).
Kuhara et al. 1993, 18, Hokkaido (Ishikari).
Itou and Muramatsu 1995, 40, Hokkaido (Abashiri).
Nakajima et al. 1997, 18-19, Hokkaido (Oshima).
Ito et al. 1999, 25, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Kuranishi and Kuhara 1999, 1227, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Nozaki et al. 1999, 354.
Ito et al. 2000a, 28, Hokkaido (Soya).
Ito et al. 2000b, 31, Hokkaido (Ishikari).
Kuhara et al. 2000, 251, Hokkaido (Iburi).
Nozaki 2005a, 501, male.
Nozaki 2005b, 331-333, male, female, larva, Hokkaido (Kushiro, Akan, Ishikari), Honshu (Tochigi, Niigata, Gifu, Shiga, Kyoto).
Muramatsu 2008, 7, Hokkaido (Abashiri).
Brachycentrus sp. BA: Akagi 1957, 27, larva, case, Honshu (Nara). Associated by Nozaki (2005b).
Akagi 1962a, 43, larva.
Tsuda and Akagi 1962, 141, larva, case.
Tanida 1985, 192, larva, case.
Nozaki et al. 1999, 354
Nozaki 2005a, 499, larva.
Type locality. Honshu (Fukushima), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).
Remarks. Wiggins et al. (1985) pointed out that the larval specimens recorded as B. subnubilus by Iwata (1927a) include at least two species, and that the record of B. subnubilus from Japan is doubtful. Nozaki (2005a) mentioned that a specimen collected from Gifu in Iwata’s specimens belongs to this species.

Genus Eobrachycentrus Wiggins

Four species belonging to this genus have been recorded from Japan, but some taxonomic problems remain (Wiggins et al. 1985, Nozaki et al. 1999).

Eobrachycentrus niigatai (Kobayashi 1968)

Brachycentrus niigatai Kobayashi 1968, 7, pl. 3, male, Honshu (Niigata).
Eobrachycentrus niigatai: Wiggins et al. 1985, 66, male.
Nozaki et al. 1999, 354.
Type locality. Honshu (Niigata), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Honshu)

Eobrachycentrus oharensis (Iwata 1927)


Micrasema oharensis Iwata 1927c, 391-392, larva, case, Honshu (Kyoto).
Micrasema oharense: Fische 1970, 144.
Eobrachycentrus oharensis: Wiggins et al. 1985, 67, Honshu (Kyoto).
Nozaki et al. 1999, 355.
Type locality. Honshu (Kyoto).
Distribution. Japan (Honshu)

Eobrachycentrus propinquus Wiggins, Tani and Tanida 1985

Eobrachycentrus propinquus Wiggins, Tani and Tanida 1985, 64-65, male, larva, Honshu (Mie, Osaka).
Ito et al. 1997, 22, 24, 26, 28, 33, male, Hokkaido (Hiyama).
Kagaya et al. 1998, 27, 56, 179, Honshu (Tokyo).
Morita 2000, 60-61, male, Honshu (Mie).
Uenishi and Kurumi 2000, 279, Honshu (Shiga).
Kawase and Morita 2001, 9, Honshu (Ishikawa).
Kuhara 2001, 18, Hokkaido (Shiribeshi).
Morita 2001b, 339, Honshu (Mie).
Nozaki 2001, 15-16, larva, case, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Kuranishi 2002, 568, adult, habitat, Honshu (Chiba).
Nozaki 2004, 1235, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Nozaki 2005a, 109, male.
Katsuma 2006, 38, 41, Honshu (Ibaraki).
Torii and Hattori 2006, 38, Honshu (Shizuoka).
Morita 2008, 6, Honshu (Mie).
Type locality. Honshu (Mie), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).

Eobrachycentrus vernalis (Banks 1906)

Brachycentrus vernalis Banks 1906, 108, male, Kyushu (Fukuoka).
Fischer 1970, 121.
Brachycentrus sp. BB: Kim 1974, 68-70, male, pupa, Honshu (Nara). Mentioned by Wiggins et al. (1985).
Eobrachycentrus vernalis: Wiggins et al. 1985, 61-64, male, female, pupa, variant of male genitalia, habitat, life cycle, Honshu (Kyoto, Nara), Kyushu (Fukuoka).
Tanida 1990, 56, Honshu (Hyogo).
Gyotoku and Nozaki 1992, 134, Kyushu (Fukuoka).
Moriya 1997, 67, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Kagaya et al. 1998, 27, 56, 180, Honshu (Tokyo, Yamanashi).
Morita 1998, 46, Honshu (Mie).
Nozaki et al. 1999, 355.
Morita 2001b, 339, Honshu (Mie).
Nozaki 2005a, 501, male.
Morita 2007, 14, Honshu (Mie)
Morita 2008, 6, Honshu (Mie).
Inazu 2008, 78, 93, 102, Honshu (Hyogo).
Type locality. Kyushu (Fukuoka), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Kyushu).

Eobrachycentrus sp.

Brachycentrus sp. BB: Akagi 1959, 43, larva, Honshu (Toyama, Nara).
Akagi 1962a, 43, larva.
Tsuda and Akagi 1962, 141, larva.
Remarks: Wiggins et al. (1985) mentioned that larvae of Eobrachycentrus vernalis are similar to this larva.

Eobrachycentrus sp.

Eobrachycentrus vernalis: Tanida 1985, 192, larva, case.
Eobrachycentrus sp.: Nozaki 2005a, 499, larva, case.
Remarks. Nozaki (2005a) used Tanida’s illustrations of E. vernalis (Tanida 1985) as an undetermined species of this genus

Genus Micrasema McLachlan

Six species belonging to this genus have been recorded from Japan, but some taxonomic problems remain (Nozaki et al. 1999).

Micrasema akagiae Nozaki and Tanida 2007

Micrasema sp. MB: Akagi, 1959, 42-43, larva, male, Honshu (Aichi, Kyoto, Nara).
Tsuda and Akagi 1962, 141, larva.
Kagaya et al. 1998, 28, 57, 183, Honshu (Tokyo).
Nozaki et al. 1999, 356.
Micrasema sp.: Tanida et al., 1991, 92-93, adult, larva, pupa, Honshu (Shizuoka). Mentioned by Nozaki and Tanida (2007).
Micrasema akagiae Nozaki and Tanida 2007, 249-250, male, female, Honshu (Yamagata, Tochigi, Tokyo, Nagano, Shizuoka).
Type locality. Honshu (Shizuoka), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).

Micrasema gelidum McLachlan 1876

Micrasema gelidum McLachlan 1876, 263-264, male, Finland.
Fischer 1970, 134-135.
Schmid 1983, 32-33, male, female.
Botosaneanu 1988, 181-210, male, Holarctic (Boreal and Arctic).
Kuhara et al. 1994, 20, Hokkaido (Ishikari).
Kuranishi and Kuhara 1994, 1227, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Ito 1995, 493-501, male, female, pupa, larva, egg, case, habitat, flight period.
Kuhara 1997b, 95, Hokkaido (Shiribeshi).
Ito et al. 1998, 11-15, Hokkaido (Nemuro).
Ito et al. 1999, 27, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Ohkawa 1999, 41-44, Hokkaido (Tokachi).
Kuhara et al. 2000, 252, Hokkaido (Iburi).
Ito et al. 2000b, 31, Hokkaido (Ishikari).
Kuhara et al. 2007, ap. 71, Hokkaido (Ishikari)
Type locality. Finland
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido), Holarctic (Boreal and Arctic).
Remarks. The case of a young instar or an early period of the final instar larva described by Ito (1995) is a case of M. hanasensis (Nozaki et al. 1999).

Micrasema hanasense Tsuda 1942

Micrasema hanasensis (nomen nudum): Tsuda 1941, 104, Honshu (Nagano).
Micrasema hanasensis Tsuda 1942, 327-328, male, Honshu (Kyoto).
Tsuda 1943, 163, Honshu (Kyoto).
Kobayashi 1985, 19, Tsushima.
Nozaki 1987, 41, pl. 7, larva, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Nozaki 1988, 41, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Tanida 1990, 56, Honshu (Hyogo).
Hatta and Nozaki 1991, 203, Honshu (Aichi).
Moriya 1992, 43, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Kuhara 1994, 20, Hokkaido (Ishikari).
Morita 1995, 33, Honshu (Mie).
Kuhara 1997a, 61, Hokkaido (Shiribeshi).
Moriya 1997, 67, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Nakajima et al. 1997, 18-19, Hokkaido (Oshima).
Nozaki 1997, 37, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Kuranishi and Kuhara 1994, 1227, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Ito et al. 1998, 11-17, Hokkaido (Nemuro).
Kagaya 1998, 27, 56-57, 181, Honshu (Tokyo, Yamanashi).
Ito et al. 1999, 25, 27, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Ito et al. 2000, 28-30, Hokkaido (Soya).
Kato and Kagaya 1999, 160-163, distribution pattern, Honshu (Tochigi).
Nozaki et al. 1999, 355.
Ohkawa 1999, 41-44, Hokkaido (Tokachi).
Ito et al. 2000b, 31, Hokkaido (Ishikari).
Kuhara et al. 2000, 252, Hokkaido (Iburi).
Kawase and Morita 2001, 9, Honshu (Ishikawa).
Kuhara 2001, 18, Hokkaido (Shiribeshi).
Kuhara and Sato 2001, 64, Rishiri.
Morita 2001b, 339, Honshu (Mie).
Nozaki 2001, 16, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Kawase et al. 2003, 113, Honshu (Ibaraki).
Morita 2003, 25, Honshu (Mie).
Katsuma 2005, 7, Honshu (Ibaraki).
Katsuma 2006, 38, 41, Honshu (Ibaraki)
Mey and Nozaki 2006, 24, Honshu (Nagano).
Morita 2006, 200, Honshu (Mie).
Torii and Hattori 2006, 38, Honshu (Shiga).
Ito and Kosugi 2007, 54, Hokkaido (Kushiro).
Nozaki and Tanida 2007, 248-249, female, Honshu (Shizuoka).
Morita 2008, 6, Honshu (Mie).
Micrasema sp. MA: Akagi 1957, 28, larva, case. Associated by Nozaki (1987).
Tsuda and Akagi 1962, 141, larva, case.
Tanida 1985, 193, larva, case.
Micrasema hakonensis Kobayashi 1969, 19-20, pl. 4, male, Honshu (Kanagawa). Synonymized by Nozaki and Tanida (2007).
Kobayashi 1971b, 36-37, pl. 23, male, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Micrasema hanasense: Fischer 1970, 136.
Inazu 2008, 78-79, 93, 102, Honshu (Hyogo).
Type locality. Honshu (Kyoto), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Rishiri, Tsushima)
Remarks. Nozaki et al. (1999) suggested that the male genitalia illustrated by Akagi (1957) belongs to Nippoberaea gracilis (Nozaki and Kagaya 1994).

Micrasema quadrilobum Martyunov 1933

Micrasema quadriloba Martynov 1933, 147-149, male, Honshu (Tochigi).
Tsuda 1942, 327, Honshu (Nagano).
Akagi 1956, 77-78, larva, case, Honshu (Kyoto).
Chihara 1956, 79-80, pupa, Honshu (Kyoto).
Tsuda 1959, 151, larva, case.
Tsuda and Akagi 1962, 141, larva, case.
Tanida 1985, 193, larva, case.
Isobe et al. 1994, case, life cycle, 27-32, Honshu (Nara).
Kato and Kagaya 1999, 160-163, distribution pattern, Honshu
Nozaki et al. 1999, 356.
Katano et al. 2002, 523-528, food, Honshu (Nara).
Katano et al. 2005a, larval drift, 18-20, Honshu (Nara).
Katano et al. 2005b, 219-221, crawling activity, Honshu (Nara)
Katano et al. 2005c, 854-859, reach-scale distribution, Honshu (Nara).
Micrasema quadrilobum: Katsuma 2008, 38, 40, Honshu (Ibaraki).
Type locality. Honshu (Tochigi), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).

Micrasema spinosum Nozaki and Tanida 2007

Micrasema spinosum Nozaki and Tanida 2007, 249-250, male, female, Hokkaido (Hiyama, Oshima), Honshu (Akita, Shizuoka, Shiga)..
Type locality. Honshu (Shizuoka), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).

Micrasema uenoi Martynov 1933

Micrasema uenoi Martynov 1933, 149-150, male, Honshu (Tochigi).
Tsuda 1942, 327, Honshu (Nagano).
Fischer 1970, 150.
Nozaki 1988, 41, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Hatta and Nozaki 1991, 204, Honshu (Aichi).
Kato 1995, 131-135, habitat, Honshu (Tochigi).
Kato 1997, 213-217, habitat, food, Honshu (Tochigi).
Moriya 1997, 68, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Nozaki 1997, 37, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Kagaya et al. 1998, 27, 57, 182, Honshu (Tokyo, Yamanashi).
Kato and Kagaya 1999, 160-163, distribution pattern, Honshu (Tochigi).
Nozaki et al. 1999, 356.
Kawase and Morita 2001, 9, Honshu (Ishikawa).
Morita 2001a, 221, Honshu (Mie).
Morita 2001b, 339, Honshu (Mie).
Kawase et al. 2003, 113, Honshu (Ibaraki).
Inazu 2008, 79, 93, 102, Honshu (Hyogo)
Micrasema sp. MC: Akagi 1962b, 44, larva, case, Honshu (Aichi) . Associated with adult stage by Kagaya et al. (1998).
Tanida 1985, 193, larva.
Tada and Satake, 1994, 161-163, larval habitat, Honshu (Tochigi).
Micrasema genijiroensis Kobayashi 1971a, 6-7, pl. 6, male. Synonymized by Nozaki and Tanida (2007).
Kobayashi 1971b, 37-38, pl. 24, male, Honshu (Kanagawa).
Type locality. Honshu (Tochigi), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).

Micrasema sp.

Micrasema minimum: Iwata, 1927, 260, larva, case.
Micrasema sp.: Nozaki et al. 1999, 356.

Micrasema spp.

Lasiocephala basalis Kolenati: Iwata 1927a, 262-263, larva, case.
Micrasema spp.: Nozaki et al. 1999, 356.
Remarks. Larvae recorded as L. basalis by Iwata (1927a) belong to the genus Micrasema (Ito 1990).

Genus Tsudaea Nozaki 2008

Recentry, Nozaki (2009) erected this genus for Brachycentrus kitayamanus Tsuda 1942.

Tsudaea kitayamana (Tsuda 1942)

Brachycentrus kitayamanus Tsuda 1942, 326, male, Honshu (Kyoto).
Micrasema sp. MD: Akagi, 1962b, 44-45, larva, case, Honshu (Nagano).
Eobrachycentrus kitayamanus: Wiggins et al. 1985, 66.
Morita and Kawase 2004, 14, Honshu (Ishikawa).
Tsudaea kitayamana Nozaki 2009, 56-63, male, female, larva, pupa, case, food, habitat, Honshu (Ishikwa, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Mie, Hyogo).
Type locality. Honshu (Kyoto), Japan.
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).

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