Insecta - Trichoptera - Rhyacophilidae

Full reference: W. Wichard and N. Caspers. 1991. Caddisflies of Baltic amber - 2. Fossil species of the genus Rhyacophila. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Trichoptera 447-451

Belongs to Rhyacophila according to W. Wichard 2013

See also Wichard and Caspers 1991

Sister taxa: Rhyacophila antiquissima, Rhyacophila carolina, Rhyacophila electroscissa, Rhyacophila fuscula, Rhyacophila kutscheri, Rhyacophila laminata, Rhyacophila liedtkei, Rhyacophila melita, Rhyacophila occulta, Rhyacophila palaeobaltica, Rhyacophila palaeofurcata, Rhyacophila profusa, Rhyacophila quadrata, Rhyacophila succinea

Type specimen: ZMC T 145, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection)

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