Dujardin, 1842
Type species Stylaria parasita Schmidt, 1847
Number of species 1. In NWE, one species:
Ripistes parasita Schmidt, 1847
Description
Naidids with proboscis and enlarged hair chaetae in VI-VIII. In mature individuals, male pores in VI.
Distribution
Holarctic, also in Japan.
Ecology
In freshwater.
Reproduction
Mostly asexual, by paratomy (budding). Mature individuals and sexual reproduction rare or seasonal.
Literature
Dujardin, 1842: 93; Czerniavsky, 1881: 309; Sperber, 1948: 143; Brinkhurst and Jamieson, 1971: 350-351; Chekanovskaya, 1981: 201; Hrabe, 1981: 143; Kasprzak, 1981: 107-108.