Phryganea elegans Piton 1936 (large caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Phryganeidae

Full reference: L. Piton. 1936. Addition á la faune entomologique des cinérites du Lac Chambon (Puy-de-Dome). Révue Scientifique du Bourbonnais 1936:16-24

Belongs to Phryganea according to I. D. Sukatsheva 2016

See also Piton 1936

Sister taxa: Phryganea aquensis, Phryganea arenifera, Phryganea arkharica, Phryganea dubia, Phryganea egregia, Phryganea elegantula, 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 Lac Chambon (Piton coll), which is in a Gelasian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lac Chambon (Piton coll)

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