Vejdovsky, 1884a, emend. Nemec and Brinkhurst, 1987
Type genus Nais Müller, 1774, as for the Family Naididae. Erected as a subfamily by Lastockin, 1921, for all genera of Naididae except Chaetogaster and Pristina sensu lato. Nemec and Brinkhurst, 1981 treated it including the tribes Naidini, Derini, Pristinini and Chaetogastrini but excluding a group of genera united under another subfamily, Stylariinae.
Number of species about 190. In fresh waters of NWE, 43 species:
Amphichaeta leydigi Tauber, 1879
Amphichaeta sannio Kallstenius, 1892
Aulophorus furcatus (Müller, 1774)
Chaetogaster cristallinus Vejdovsky, 1884a
Chaetogaster diaphanus (Gruithuisen, 1828)
Chaetogaster diastrophus (Gruithuisen, 1828)
Chaetogaster langi Bretscher, 1896
Chaetogaster limnaei Baer, 1827
Chaetogaster setosus Svetlov, 1925
Dero digitata (Müller, 1774)
Dero dorsalis Ferronière, 1899
Dero nivea Aiyer, 1930
Dero obtusa D'Udekem, 1855
Haemonais waldvogeli Bretscher, 1900a
Homochaeta naidina Bretscher, 1896
Homochaeta setosa (Moszynski, 1933)
Nais alpina Sperber, 1948
Nais barbata Müller, 1774
Nais behningi Michaelsen, 1923
Nais bretscheri Michaelsen, 1899
Nais christinae Kasprzak, 1973
Nais communis Piguet, 1906a
Nais elinguis Müller, 1774
Nais pardalis Piguet, 1906a
Nais pseudobtusa Piguet, 1906a
Nais simplex Piguet, 1906a
Nais stolci Hrabe, 1981
Nais variabilis Piguet, 1906a
Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774)
Paranais botniensis Sperber, 1948
Paranais frici Hrabe, 1941
Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1784)
Pristina aequiseta Bourne, 1891
Pristina longiseta Ehrenberg, 1831
Pristinella amphibiotica (Lastockin, 1927)
Pristinella bilobata (Bretscher, 1903)
Pristinella jenkinae (Stephenson, 1931)
Pristinella menoni (Aiyer, 1930)
Pristinella notopora (Cernosvitov, 1937a)
Pristinella osborni (Walton, 1906)
Pristinella rosea (Piguet, 1906a)
Specaria josinae (Vejdovsky, 1884a)
Uncinais uncinata (Orsted, 1842)
Description
Naididae with various external characters but sharing lack of prostate tissue on atria.
Distribution
Cosmopolitan.
Ecology
In freshwater. Feeding mainly on detritus and unicellular algae; few predatory and parasitic species present.
Reproduction
Mostly asexual, by paratomy (budding). Four, five or seven anterior segments developing in the budding zone. Maturing and sexual reproduction rare or seasonal.
Literature
Vejdovsky, 1884a: 22-25; Lastockin, 1921: 75; Sperber, 1948: 92; Nemec and Brinkhurst, 1987: 706.