Inuit Northern Caddisfly

Asynarchus innuitorum (see Limnephilus algosus)

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Inuit Northern Caddisfly
Scientific Name: 
Asynarchus innuitorum (see Limnephilus algosus)
Synonyms: 
see Limnephilus algosus
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Caddisfly
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Trichoptera
Family: 
Limnephilidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

a tundra stream in the vicinity of Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, a short distance from the Yukon border
References: 
B199
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Beringian endemic, and probably also a glacial relict.it has been found also across the Bering Strait in Chukotka (A.P. Nimmo, pers. comm.).not been recorded yet from the Yukon (B199)
Decision Process Description: 
Not included in draft ranks by Colin Curry for the National General Status Ranking Program (2013); but confirmed that is should be added (5/06/2014); Draft rank by non-expert using the NS Rank calulator (SC 2014)
Last Updated: 
June 5, 2014

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Wiggins, G.B., and Parker, C.R. (1997) Caddisflies of the Yukon. pp. 787 – 866 in H.V. Danks and J.A. Downes (Eds.), Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa. 1034 pp. - B199 Return