Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
Full reference: V. D. Ivanov and S. I. Melnitsky. 2013. Ten new species of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Baltic amber. Paleontological Journal 47:166-176
Belongs to Plectrocnemia according to V. D. Ivanov and S. I. Melnitsky 2013
Sister taxa: Plectrocnemia angulata, Plectrocnemia aristovi, Plectrocnemia barbata, Plectrocnemia clavata, Plectrocnemia dissecta, Plectrocnemia excavata, Plectrocnemia furcata, Plectrocnemia incompleta, Plectrocnemia lata, Plectrocnemia latiformis, Plectrocnemia macilenta, Plectrocnemia nastigermania, Plectrocnemia paulseni, Plectrocnemia prismatica, Plectrocnemia protensa, Plectrocnemia rostrata, Plectrocnemia scapulosa, Plectrocnemia simplicissima, Plectrocnemia singularis, Plectrocnemia spinigera, Plectrocnemia spinosa, Plectrocnemia subsequa, Plectrocnemia synthesia, Plectrocnemia triangularis, Plectrocnemia triangulata, Plectrocnemia tubulosa, Plectrocnemia ucrainica, Plectrocnemia unculiformis, Plectrocnemia varigoria, Plectrocnemia ventralis, Plectrocnemia victori, Plectrocnemia zolotuhini
Type specimen: PIN 964/1238, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 964), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 964)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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