Family Leptoceridae Leach 1815 (long-horned caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Leptoceridae

Parent taxon: Leptoceroidea according to J. A. Thomas et al. 2023

See also Carpenter 1992, Ivanov and Melnitsky 2017, Thomas et al. 2020, Wichard 2013 and Wichard et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Calamoceratidae, Molannidae, Odontoceridae, Palleptoceridae, Philorheithridae

Subtaxa: Creterotesis Leptocerinae Leptorussinae Praeathripsodes Prodontocerum Protorodinia Triplectidinae

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Ontario collection)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of Belarus (1), Germany (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (11), Ukraine (2), United States (1: Colorado)

• Paleocene of France (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), the Russian Federation (5)

Total: 30 collections including 57 occurrences

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