Research Article

Effect of Environmental Stressors on the Distribution and Abundance of Macroinvertebrates in Upper Awash River at Chilimo Forest, West Shewa, Ethiopia

Table 2

Taxa/families identified from the five sampling sites of upper Awash river at Chilimo Forest for a period of three months from January 2018 to March 2018.

Major taxon/familyComposition of species (individual/m2)
GalessaArera and WeraboAnjoryWalgataOsole

Plecoptera
 Perlidae612
Ephemeroptera
 Baetidae686800328162197
 Caenidae270608866583602
 Heptageniidae2528754
 Tricorythidae21
Odonata
 Aeshnidae220422
 Coenagrionidae2831435
 Gomphidae132
Hemiptera
 Belostomatidae252
 Gerridae33
 Naucoridae9910
Trichoptera
 Hydropsychidae435413953562353
 Lepidostomatidae301169
Coleoptera
 Dytiscidae81821
 Elmidae231332
 Gyrinidae24422
Diptera
 Chironomidae108459393589687
 Ceratopogonidae334
 Tipulidae748132
 Athericidae2364
 Simuliidae3815114046183
 Muscidae18759
 Tabanidae2348333
Heteroptera
 Micronectidae144194401482
Gastropoda
 Physidae8133
 Planorbidae3794206
Oligochaeta
 Oligochaeta21438179
Decapoda
 Potamonautidae322