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 Nyctiophylax according to V. D. Ivanov and S. I. Melnitsky 2013
Sister taxa: Nyctiophylax acutus, Nyctiophylax articulatus, Nyctiophylax bidentatus, Nyctiophylax claviger, Nyctiophylax coalitus, Nyctiophylax curvus, Nyctiophylax diffissus, Nyctiophylax endrusseiti, Nyctiophylax excelsus, Nyctiophylax hamatus, Nyctiophylax insectus, Nyctiophylax ispokonvekov, Nyctiophylax leningrad, Nyctiophylax ovatus, Nyctiophylax pexus, Nyctiophylax procerus, Nyctiophylax quadruplex, Nyctiophylax rectus, Nyctiophylax repandus, Nyctiophylax sellatus, Nyctiophylax serpentinus, Nyctiophylax sinuatus, Nyctiophylax subacuminatus, Nyctiophylax terreusbos, Nyctiophylax totaktoetak, Nyctiophylax unguicularis, Nyctiophylax varians
Type specimen: PIN 364/102, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (PIN collection 364), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Lithuania.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (PIN collection 364)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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