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Infraorder Brevitentoria

Ceraclea slossonae ??? - Ceraclea Brown Caddisfly Caddisfly - Oecetis Snail-case Caddisfly - Helicopsyche Caddisfly Mystacides sepulchralis - Black Dancer - Mystacides sepulchralis Ceraclea sp - Ceraclea caddisfly - Nectopsyche
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Suborder Integripalpia
Infraorder Brevitentoria
Explanation of Names
Brevitentoria Weaver 1984
Numbers
20 families in 3 superfamilies total(1)
Range
worldwide; 1 small superfamily restricted to Australasia(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.