Freshwater invertebrate species checklists
These checklists provide an up-to-date listing of all known species in certain invertebrate groups.
- Groundwater amphipods (PDF 167 KB)
- Caddisflies (PDF 111 KB)
- Stoneflies (PDF 30 KB)
- Chironomidae (Diptera) (PDF 113 KB)
- Blephariceridae (PDF 88 KB)
- Thaumaleidae (PDF 108 KB)
- Leeches (PDF 95 KB)
- Mayflies (PDF 93 KB)
Macroinvertebrate ID guides
- A Guide to Mature Larvae of Psilochorema (Hydrobiosidae) - a Lucid-based Identification Key
- Acari (mites) families (PDF 1.9 MB)
- Acari (mites) major groups (PDF 1.2 MB)
- Amphipoda (PDF 1.1 MB)
- Coleoptera (beetles) families, adults (PDF 1.1 MB)
- Coleoptera (beetles) families, larvae (PDF 1.1 MB)
- Coleoptera (beetles), family Dytiscidae, adults (PDF 2.1 MB)
- Coleoptera (beetles), family Dytiscidae, larvae (PDF 1 MB)
- Coleoptera (beetles), family Hydrophilidae, adults (PDF 1.1 MB)
- Coleoptera (beetles), family Hydrophilidae, larvae (PDF 411 KB)
- Diptera (true-flies), Chironomidae (non-biting midges) (PDF 222 KB)
- Diptera (true-flies), non-Chironomidae (PDF 438 KB)
- Ephemeroptera (mayflies), family Leptophlebiidae (PDF 543 KB)
- Isopoda (PDF 1.3 MB)
- Mollusca (snails and clams) (PDF 1.7 MB)
- Oligochaete (PDF 390 KB)
- Planktonic Cladocera (PDF 389 KB)
- Planktonic Copepoda (PDF 2.1 MB)
- Plecoptera (stoneflies) (PDF 543 KB)
- Trichoptera (cased caddisflies) (PDF 561 KB)
- Trichoptera (caddisflies), family Hydrobiosidae (PDF 151 KB)
- Trichoptera (caddisflies), other free-living caddisflies (PDF 429 KB)
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