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Species Mystacides sepulchralis - Black Dancer Caddisfly

The Black Dancer - Mystacides sepulchralis Caddisfly - Mystacides sepulchralis Mystacides sepulchralis Black Dancer - Mystacides sepulchralis Black Dancer - Mystacides sepulchralis Black Long-horned Beetle with banded antenna - Mystacides sepulchralis Mystacides sepulchralis Mystacides sepulchralis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Suborder Integripalpia
Infraorder Brevitentoria
Superfamily Leptoceroidea
Family Leptoceridae (Long-horned Caddisflies)
Genus Mystacides
Species sepulchralis (Black Dancer Caddisfly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leptocerus sepulchralis Walker, 1852
Identification
"Only two species of Mystacides occur in the east and the other one has brownish wings." (comment by Simon Carmichael, here). Males have red eyes.