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 Plectrocnemia according to S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov 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 novokshonovi, 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: IZ NASU K-408, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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