Genus Plectrocnemia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Caddisfly - Plectrocnemia crassicornis - female

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)

Genus Plectrocnemia

Explanation of Names

Plectrocnemia Stephens 1836

Numbers

~90 spp. total(1)

Range

well represented in most regions of the world, except the Neotropical(1)

Works Cited

1.	Phylogeny of Polycentropodidae Ulmer, 1903 (Trichoptera: Annulipalpia: Psychomyioidea)... Chamorro M.L., Holzenthal R.W. 2011. Invertebrate Systematics 25: 219-253.

Contributed by v belov on 16 February, 2013 - 10:38pm

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