The caddisflies (Trichoptera) from a tropical peat swamp in Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia, including two new species

Five species of caddisfly were identified in several small collections from a peat swamp at Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia. They included a widespread South-East Asian leptocerid species, Oecetis meghadouta Schmid, 1958 Schmid, F. 1958. “Trichoptères de Ceylon,”. Archives de Hydrobiologie, 54: 1–173. [Google Scholar] – described from Sri Lanka; two ecnomid species, Ecnomus crepidulus Mosely, 1932 Mosely, M E. 1932. “New exotic species of the genus Ecnomus (Trichoptera),”. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 80: 1–17. [Google Scholar] – described from Malaysia, and Ecnomus selangor sp. nov.; one hydroptilid species, Oxyethira paludicola sp. nov.; and an unidentified female hydropsychid species. The distribution and special features of tropical peat swamps are summarised, the new species are described, and comments are given on the trophic groups represented in the caddisfly fauna.