Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1921

Genus Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 1921 View in CoL

A genus divided into two subgenera, Cladotanytarsus s. str. Kieffer, 1921 and Lenziella Kieffer, 1922 , with 73 and 7 described valid species respectively ( Giłka 2011; Puchalski et al. 2018; Giłka & Puchalski 2018). Except for Antarctica, the genus is distributed in all zoogeographical regions including Oceania ( Giłka & Dobosz 2015). No named species are recorded from South America, but larval morphotypes have been reported from Brazil ( Roque et al. 2004). Larvae construct sessile cases of fine detritus and have been found in streams and larger rivers, lakes, and ponds, as well as in brackish water and hot springs ( Epler et al. 2013).