... The family Aphelocheiridae is distributed exclusively in the Old World and reaches its greatest species richness in the Oriental Region (Sites et al, 2011). It is represented by a single genus Aphelocheirus, with 98 species described in the world (Liu & Zheng, 1994, 2000Liu & Ding, 2005a, 2005bNieser & Millán, 1989;Nieser & Chen, 1991, 2004Polhemus, 1994Polhemus, , 2013Sites, 2005;Sites et al, 2011;Thirumalai, 2007Thirumalai, , 2008Zettel, 1993Zettel, , 1998Zettel, , 1999aZettel, , 1999bZettel, , 2000Zettel, , 2001Zettel, , 2003Zettel, , 2012Zettel et al, 2008;Zettel & Tran, 2009;Zettel & Pangantihon, 2010). Biological knowledge of Aphelocheiridae is mostly based on the European species Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius, 1794), which feeds on the larvae of chironomid diptera, hydropsychid trichoptera and various molluscs belonging to the genera Viviparus, Cyclas and Pisidium (Thorpe, 1965). ...