---

Hi There,

Any help you be greatly appreciated...

I'm working on a database of aquatic insect traits. I need information at the genus level and predominantly for larval stages of UK aquatic insects. I am looking for info about:

ecology (depositional/erosional, thermal preference, predator/collector/shredder, climber/burrower...),

morphology,

mobility (swim?, crawl?, fly?), and,

life history (voltinism, life span, seasonality...).


I'm having a really hard time finding info for the genera in these families:

Chironomidae
Empididae
Limoniidae
Muscidae
Psychodidae
Ptychopteridae
Simuliidae
Stratiomyidae
Tabanidae
Thaumaleida
Tipulidae

I've already exhausted Merritt and Cummin's Intro to Aquatic Insects...

Anyone have any ideas for me?
Anything... please?