Name-bearing type specimens of Trichoptera (Insecta) in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids & Nematodes (CNC), with a biography of Fernand Schmid

A catalogue is provided for the name-bearing type specimens of Trichoptera held by the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids & Nematodes (CNC). All 993 specimens are holotypes, representing 27 families from 29 countries, especially India (746 specimens), Pakistan (79), Iran (33) and Canada (29). Six taxa are unplaced to family; one of these, the amber-preserved Electralberta cretacica Botoşăneanu & Wichard from Alberta, is the sole fossil specimen held. Holotypes of four taxa are considered lost: Setodes ekachringa Schmid (Leptoceridae); Ylodes schmidi Manuel & Nimmo (Leptoceridae); Tinodes pseudorostocki Botoşăneanu (Psychomyiidae); Himalopsyche angnorbui sherpa Schmid (Rhyaco-philidae). Fernand Schmid and his contributions to the CNC are discussed. Schmid was the only CNC staff member ever hired to study Trichoptera, working at the CNC from 1963 to 1985. He designated 900 of the Trichoptera holotypes held at the CNC and he collected 908 of the CNC Trichoptera specimens that were designated as types.