Superfamily Psychomyioidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

Suborder Annulipalpia

Superfamily Psychomyioidea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

families included here used to be treated in Hydropsychoidea

Numbers

~2,300 spp. in 7 families worldwide(1)

Range

worldwide; one tiny family is restricted to SE. Asia, the rest are more or less cosmopolitan(1)

Works Cited

1.	Order Trichoptera. In: Thorp J., Rogers D.C. (Eds.) Ecology and general biology: Thorp and Covich's freshwater invertebrates Holzenthal R.W., Thomson R.E., Ríos-Touma B. 2015. Academic Press, 965–1002.

Contributed by v belov on 1 February, 2015 - 8:41pm

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