Rhyacophila antiquissima Botosaneanu and Wichard 1983 (caddisfly)

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)

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