Illinois Natural History Survey Ephemeroptera Plecoptera Trichoptera

 The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS), a National Systematics Research Resource Center, maintains some of the largest and most historically significant collections of the aquatic insect orders Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) in North America, groups that have long been recognized as containing some of the most sensitive indicators of biotic integrity in flowing water ecosystems. Efforts to build the collection began in the 1860's and continue to the present. The INHS' considerable holdings of type specimens and other historically significant material for North American EPT species results in a heavy demand for loans of specimens and requests for information on the distribution of these collections.

Content:

- INHS Ephemeroptera specimen collection database.
- INHS Plecoptera specimen collection database.
- INHS Trichoptera specimen collection database.
- Distribution of INHS species collection localities.
- INHS Plecoptera Collections of Northwestern Illinois.
- List of type specimens at INHS (including EPT types)
- Description of INHS collection insect holdings (including EPT)
- Checklists of Illinois Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera.

Content above not hyperlinked is planned for at a future date.

Please report any problems with these pages to:
cbdadmin@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu

Illinois Natural History Survey, 15-August-1998