Publications by authors named "Steven C Harris"

Sixteen new species of microcaddisflies (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae) from Panama are herein described and illustrated. The majority of these were collected during surveys of Panama's national parks and protected areas during 2017 and 2018, employing both UV and Malaise traps. The new species include: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and In total, 506 Trichoptera species are now recorded for the Republic of Panama, distributed among 15 families and 56 genera.

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In this paper, 15 new species of microcaddisflies in the genus Morton, 1905 (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae) from Panama are described and illustrated: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; In addition, two new country records are presented: (Chambers, 1873) and Ross, 1944. Finally, the male of is re-illustrated, the female is illustrated and descriptive information given, and a key is provided to the males of all current species in Panama. There are now 45 species of and a total of 525 Trichoptera species recorded from Panama.

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Prior to 2016, three species of caddisflies in the genus (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) were known from Panama. Subsequently, one new species and four new country records were added to Panama's fauna. Herein, four new species are described ( , , , ) and two new country records added for Panama ( Flint, 1996, Thomson & Holzenthal, 2015).

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Nothotrichia Flint 1967 is a small genus of infrequently collected microcaddisflies known from Chile and Brazil in South America, Costa Rica in Central America, and the United States in North America. Previously known only from adult specimens, we provide the first description and illustration of a larva in the genus, the larva of N. shasta from California, USA.

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In November 2004, tissues were collected from a hunter-killed white-tailed deer in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Bluetongue virus (BTV) was isolated from the tissues; however, the isolate could not be identified as any of the US domestic serotypes.

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