Silo (insect)

Silo
Silo nigricornis - Picture taken in Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes .
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Goeridae
Subfamily:	Goerinae
Genus:	Silo Curtis, 1830

Silo is a genus of caddisflies in the family Goeridae. There are about 11 described species in Silo.

Species

• Silo alupkensis Martynov, 1917
• Silo chrisiammos Malicky, 1984
• Silo duplex Hagen, 1964
• Silo graellsii Pictet, 1865
• Silo mediterraneus McLachlan, 1884
• Silo nigricornis (Pictet, 1834)
• Silo pallipes (Fabricius, 1781)
• Silo piceus (Brauer, 1857)
• Silo proximus Martynov, 1913
• Silo rufescens (Rambur, 1842)
• Silo tuberculatus Martynov, 1909

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Merritt; Cummins; Berg (2008). Aquatic Insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• Houghton, D.C.; DeWalt, R.E.; Pytel, A.J.; Brandin, C.M.; Rogers, S.E.; Ruiter, D.E.; Bright, E.; Hudson, P.L.; Armitage, B.J. (2018). "Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities". ZooKeys (730): 57–74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.21776. PMC 5799788. PMID 29416396.