The Aquatic Insects and Mites of South Africa

Co-ordinated by Martin Villet

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• ACARI

  Order: Hydrachnellae (water mites, compiled by Arthur Harrison)

• INSECTA

  Order: Collembola (springtails)

  Order: Ephemeroptera (mayflies, compiled by Helen Barber-James)

  Order: Odonata (damselflies and dragonflies, compiled by Elliot Pinhey)

  Order: Plecoptera (stoneflies, compiled by Martin Villet)

  Order: Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers)

  Order: Hemiptera (true bugs, compiled by Martin Villet)

  Order: Coleoptera (beetles)

  Order: Neuroptera (antlions and lacewings)

  Order: Megaloptera (dobsonflies and alderflies, compiled by Martin Villet)

  Order: Trichoptera (caddisflies, compiled by Ferdy de Moor)

  Order: Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

  Order: Diptera (true flies)

For more information about aquatic insect science in southern Africa, visit

• The Entomological Society of Southern Africa
• The Albany Museum