Dipseudopsidae

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Dipseudopsidae
Temporal range: Barremian–Recent
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Phylocentropus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Suborder: Annulipalpia
Family: Dipseudopsidae
Ulmer, 1904

Dipseudopsidae is a family of caddisflies in the order Trichoptera. There are about 6 genera and at least 110 described species in Dipseudopsidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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The type genus for Dipseudopsidae is Dipseudopsis F. Walker, 1852. [1] The oldest fossils are of the extant genus Phylocentropus , from the Barremian aged Lebanese amber. [5]

Phylocentropus Phylocentropus larva.jpg
Phylocentropus

Genera

These six genera belong to the family Dipseudopsidae:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dipseudopsidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Dipseudopsidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. 1 2 "Dipseudopsidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. 1 2 "Dipseudopsidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. Wichard, Wilfried; Azar, Dany (June 2016). "First caddisflies (Trichoptera) in Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber" . Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 107 (2–3): 213–217. doi:10.1017/S1755691017000354. ISSN   1755-6910. S2CID   135437868.

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