Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
Full reference: S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov. 2013. Seven new species of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Rovno amber (Eocene of Ukraine). Paleontological Journal 47:283-291
Belongs to Nyctiophylax according to S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov 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 totaktoetak, Nyctiophylax unguicularis, Nyctiophylax valideturbidus, Nyctiophylax varians
Type specimen: IZ NASU K-4837, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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