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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Annulipalpia » Psychomyioidea » Tube-maker Caddisflies (Polycentropodidae)

Family Polycentropodidae - Tube-maker Caddisflies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
caddisfly - Polycentropus maculatus caddisfly - Holocentropus interruptus - male Polycentropodidae, genus Polycentropus - Polycentropus Polycentropus Dytiscidae? Small Moth Plectrocnemia? - Plectrocnemia crassicornis Plectrocnemia? - Plectrocnemia crassicornis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Suborder Annulipalpia
Superfamily Psychomyioidea
Family Polycentropodidae (Tube-maker Caddisflies)
Explanation of Names
Polycentropodidae Ulmer 1903
Numbers
~300 spp. in 25 genera worldwide(1)
Size
wingspan 8–25 mm(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Habitat
wide variety of lotic and lentic habitats(1)
Works Cited
1.Australian Faunal Directory
Contributed by tom murray on 19 May, 2006 - 6:12pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 7 October, 2020 - 5:08am

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