Insecta - Trichoptera - Limnephilidae
Full reference: V. D. Ivanov and S. I. Melnitsky. 2018. Taxonomic names, in Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Middle Miocene of the Stavropol Region, Russia. Paleontological Journal 52:1593-1609
Belongs to Limnephilus according to V. D. Ivanov and S. I. Melnitsky 2018
Sister taxa: Limnephilus antiquastepposus, Limnephilus eocenicus, Limnephilus kaspievi, Limnephilus kudiensis, Limnephilus metakaspievi, Limnephilus recultus, Limnephilus valliculacerasinus
Type specimen: PIN 254/2657, an exoskeleton (abdomen). Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, outcrop 4, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Vishnevaya Balka creek, outcrop 4, Stavropol (PIN collection 254)
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