Ochrotrichia aliceae Wichard 2000 (microcaddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydroptilidae

Full reference: W. Wichard. 2000. Köcherfliegen des Dominikanischen Bernsteins XI. Ochrotrichia aliceae n. sp., eine neue fossile Hydroptilidae (Insecta, Trichoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 84:241-246

Belongs to Ochrotrichia according to W. Wichard 2000

Sister taxon: Ochrotrichia (Ochrotrichia)

Type specimen: USNM 9981 ENT-1-17891, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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