Limnephilus Leach 1815 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Limnephilidae

Parent taxon: Limnephilini according to J. Oláh et al. 2019

See also Cockerell 1921, Cockerell 1925 and Ivanov and Melnitsky 2018

Sister taxon: Limnephilina

Subtaxa: Limnephilus antiquastepposus Limnephilus eocenicus Limnephilus kaspievi Limnephilus kudiensis Limnephilus metakaspievi Limnephilus parakaspievi Limnephilus recultus Limnephilus valliculacerasinus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (2 collections)

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (8), United States (1: Idaho)

• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences

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