Archaeopolycentra zherikhini Botosaneanu and Wichard 1983 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae

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 Archaeopolycentra according to V. D. Ivanov and S. I. Melnitsky 2017

See also Botosaneanu and Wichard 1983

Sister taxa: Archaeopolycentra achupomotet, Archaeopolycentra longesilentia, Archaeopolycentra turvalsia, Archaeopolycentra yantardakh

Type specimen: PIN 3311/547, 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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