Insecta - Trichoptera - Helicopsychidae
Alternative combination: Helicopsyche scaloida
Full reference: K. A. Johanson and W. Wichard. 1996. Caddis flies of Dominican amber X. Fossil species of Helicopsychidae (Trichoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 79:195-209
Belongs to Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) according to W. Wichard 2007
See also Johanson and Wichard 1996
Sister taxa: Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) electra, Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) voigti
Type specimen: GPIMH 3751, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (GPIH collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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