Phryganea elegantula Meunier 1919 (large caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Phryganeidae

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1919. Neue Beiträge über die fossilen Insekten aus der Braunkohle von Rott (Aquitanien) im Siebengebirge (Rheinprußen). Jahrbuch der Prussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 1918:141-153

Belongs to Phryganea according to I. D. Sukatsheva 2016

See also Statz 1936

Sister taxa: Phryganea aquensis, Phryganea arenifera, Phryganea arkharica, Phryganea dubia, Phryganea egregia, Phryganea elegans, Phryganea fossilis, Phryganea grandis, Phryganea hyperborea, Phryganea kryshtofovichi, Phryganea labefacta, Phryganea latissima, Phryganea lavrushini, Phryganea lithophila, Phryganea longirostris, Phryganea meunieri, Phryganea miocenica, Phryganea nigripennis, Phryganea obsoleta, Phryganea parschlugiana, Phryganea picea, Phryganea singularis, Phryganea spokanensis, Phryganea submersa, Phryganea ulmeri, Phryganea wickhami

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Bauckhorn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large lignite in Germany

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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