Family Apataniidae Wallengren
Author: Takao NOZAKI
E-mail: takao.nozaki[AT]nifty.com
Last update: 4 October 2026
Subfamily Apataniinae Wallengren
Only the genus Apatania is known from Japan.
Genus Apatania Kolenati
Apatania iijimae, Apatania kitagamii and a 'species' with tentative alphabetic designation described based on the larval stage have not yet been associated with the adult atage. Furthermore, Tsuda (1936) described a larva of an unnamed 'species' from Hokkaido. Apatania fuscostigma Matsumura was synonymized with Limnephilus sericeus (Say), Limnephilidae, by Nozaki and Tanida (1996), and Apatania koizumii Iwata 1927 was transferred to the genus Neophylax, Family Uenoidae by Mitsuhashi et al. (2000).
Apatania aberrans (Martynov 1933)
Apatelia aberrans: Martynov 1933
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku Kyusyu), Russia (Far East), Korea.
Apatania biwaensis Nishimoto 1994
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Apatania chokaiensis Kobayashi 1973
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).
Metanoea iijimae Iwata 1928
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Apatania insularis Levanidova 1979
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido), Kuriles, Sakhalin.
Apatania ishikawai Schmid 1964
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Apatania kitagamii (Iwata, 1927)
Stenophylax kitagamii: Iwata 1927a
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Apatania kyotoensis Tsuda, 1939
Apatania nikkoensis non Tsuda 1939: Schmid, 1954
Apatania momoyaensis Kobayashi, 1973
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Apatania nikkoensis Tsuda 1939
Apatania kyotoensis non Tsuda 1939: Schmid 1954
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Apatania parvula (Martynov 1935)
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido), Russia (Far East).
Apatania sachalinensis (Martynov 1914)
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido), Sakhalin.
Apatania shirahatai Kobayashi 1973
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku).
Apatania sp. AA: Tsuda and Akagi 1962
Apatania species indeterminate
Subfamily Moropsychinae Schmid
Genus Moropsyche Banks
Two 'species' with tentative alphabetic designation described based on the larval stage have not yet been associated with the adult atage. Kawase and Morita (2010) and Kawase et al. (2017) recorded unidentified species from Honshu.
Moropsyche apicalis Kobayashi 1985
Distribution. Japan (Tsushima).
Moropsyche higoana Kobayashi 1971
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Moropsyche parvissima Schmid 1954
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).
Moropsyche spinifera Nishimoto 1989
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Moropsyche yugawarana Kobayashi 1983
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Moropsyche sp. AB: Akagi 1975
Moropsyche sp. AB: Tanida 1985
Moropsyche sp. MA: Kim 1974
Subfamily unknown
Genus Allomyia Banks
Allomyia acerosa Nishimoto and Kuhara 2001
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).
Allomyia acicularis Nishimoto and Kuhara 2001
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).
Allomyia biforliolata Nishimoto and Kuhara 2001
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).
Allomyia coronae Levanidova and Arefina 1995
Imania mirabilis Levanidova 1982
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido), Kuriles.
Allomyia curvata Nishimoto and Kuhara 2001
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).
Allomyia delicatula Levanidova and Arefina 1995
Imania insularis Levanidova 1982
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido), Kuriles.
Allomyia dilatata Nishimoto and Kuhara 2001
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).
Allomyia gracillima Nishimoto and Kuhara 2001
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).
Allomyia pumila Nishimoto and Kuhara 2001
Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).
Genus Manophylax Wiggins
Manophylax futabae Nishimoto 1997
Distribution. Japan (Honshu).
Manophylax kyushuensis Nishimoto 2002
Distribution. Japan (Kyushu).
Manophylax omogoensis Nishimoto 1997
Distribution. Japan (western Honshu, Shikoku).