Insecta - Trichoptera - Rhyacophilidae

Full reference: W. Wichard and C. Neumann. 2008. Rhyacophila quadrata n. sp., a new caddisfly (Insecta, Trichoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber. Fossil Record 11:19-23

Belongs to Rhyacophila according to W. Wichard 2013

See also Wichard and Neumann 2008

Sister taxa: Rhyacophila antiquissima, 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 succinea

Type specimen: MfN MB.I 5101, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Zoological Museum, Humboldt Univ Berlin (ZHMB MfN) Collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Zoological Museum, Humboldt Univ Berlin (ZHMB MfN) Collection

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