Phylocentropus swolenskyi Wichard and Lüer 2003 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Dipseudopsidae

Full reference: W. Wichard and C. Lüer. 2003. Phylocentropus swolenskyi n. sp., ein Köcherfliege aus dem New Jersey Bernstein (Trichoptera, Dipseudopsidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 87:131-140

Belongs to Phylocentropus according to W. Wichard and C. Lüer 2003

Sister taxa: Phylocentropus (Veteropsyche), Phylocentropus antiquus, Phylocentropus cretaceous, Phylocentropus ligulatus, Phylocentropus simplex, Phylocentropus spiniger, Phylocentropus succinolebanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)

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