110 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS TRICHOPTERA OF HEADWATER STREAMS IN THE FERNOW EXPERIMENTAL FOREST, MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST VIRGINIA 1 Michael B. Griffith, Sue A. Perry 2 ABSTRACT: In support of several ongoing studies on the ecology of streams in the Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia, adult Trichoptera were identified from emergence and light trap samples taken from six experimental catchments. Thirty-seven species from 24 genera and 13 families were collected, including four species that were previously unre-corded from West Virginia. Our research at the Fernow Experimental Forest West Virginia, on the effects of acid precipitation and on the nontarget effects of the application of the forest pesticide diflubenzuron, has included work on the macroinvertebrate communities of second order streams draining several headwater catchments (Griffith and Perry, 1991). Only two pre-vious studies have produced species lists for streams in the Fernow Experimental Forest. Harris (1973) collected benthic samples from the streams and weir ponds in Watersheds 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7, and Case (1983) collected kick samples of aquatic nymphs from Watersheds 1, 4, and 6. Both studies identified the insects primarily to genus. Tarter (1990) provided a checklist for the Trichoptera of West Vir-ginia. This checklist includes 176 species from 60 genera and 15 families. To facilitate ongoing and future research at the Fernow Experimental Forest, we conducted a survey of aquatic insects in the streams draining the catchments used in our studies. We present a species list of the Trichoptera collected in this survey. STUDY SITES The Fernow Experimental Forest is a U.S. Forest Service research preserve located 5 km south of Parsons in Tucker County, West Virginia, Deceived March 14, 1992. Accepted March 30, 1992. ^U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit-*, Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125. 3 The Unit is jointly sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia University, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-vice, and the Wildlife Management Institute. ENT. NEWS 103(4): 1 10-1 16, September & October, 1992
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