Superfamily Phryganeoidea

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

caddisfly larva in 32 mm case - Agrypnia

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

Suborder Integripalpia

Infraorder Plenitentoria

Superfamily Phryganeoidea

Numbers

135 spp. in 17 genera of 3 families in our area, >710 spp. in ~50 genera of 7 families worldwide(1)(2)(3)

Range

all 3 families represented in NA have holarctic + Oriental distributions and encompass between them 94% of the global fauna of the superfamily; of the remaining 4 tiny families 2 are Australian, one Afrotropical, and one E. Asian(3)

Works Cited

1.	Rohrbeck R. (2004-2014) Flyfishing entomology

2.	Morse J.C., ed. (2019) Trichoptera world checklist

3.	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 5 November, 2011 - 4:53pm
Last updated 2 February, 2015 - 9:46am

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