Chimarra weitschati Wichard 1983 (finger-net caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Philopotamidae

Full reference: W. Wichard. 1983. Köcherfliegen des Dominikanischen Bernsteins II. Fossile Arten der Gattung Chimarra (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 72:137-145

Belongs to Chimarra according to W. Wichard 1983

Sister taxa: Chimarra (Chimarrita), Chimarra dommeli, Chimarra obscura, Chimarra palaedominicana, Chimarra resinae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Wichard collection, Bonn), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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