Insecta - Trichoptera - Rhyacophilidae
Full reference: L. Botosaneanu and W. Wichard. 1983. Upper Cretaceous Siberian and Canadian amber caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 53:187-217
Belongs to Rhyacophila according to L. Botosaneanu and W. Wichard 1983
Sister taxa: Rhyacophila carolina, Rhyacophila electroscissa, Rhyacophila fuscula, Rhyacophila kutscheri, Rhyacophila laminata, Rhyacophila liedtkei, Rhyacophila melita, Rhyacophila occulta, Rhyacophila palaeobaltica, Rhyacophila palaeofurcata, Rhyacophila palaepolonica, Rhyacophila profusa, Rhyacophila quadrata, Rhyacophila succinea
Type specimen: PIN 3311/525, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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