Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
Full reference: S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov. 2019. New species of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from V.A. Gusakov collection. Paleontological Journal 53:506-510
Belongs to Plectrocnemia according to S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov 2019
Sister taxa: Plectrocnemia angulata, Plectrocnemia aristovi, Plectrocnemia barbata, Plectrocnemia clavata, Plectrocnemia dissecta, Plectrocnemia excavata, Plectrocnemia furcata, Plectrocnemia incompleta, Plectrocnemia lata, Plectrocnemia latiformis, Plectrocnemia macilenta, Plectrocnemia nastigermania, Plectrocnemia novokshonovi, Plectrocnemia paulseni, Plectrocnemia prismatica, Plectrocnemia protensa, Plectrocnemia rostrata, Plectrocnemia scapulosa, Plectrocnemia simplicissima, Plectrocnemia singularis, Plectrocnemia spinigera, Plectrocnemia spinosa, Plectrocnemia subsequa, Plectrocnemia synthesia, Plectrocnemia triangularis, Plectrocnemia triangulata, Plectrocnemia tubulosa, Plectrocnemia ucrainica, Plectrocnemia unculiformis, Plectrocnemia varigoria, Plectrocnemia ventralis, Plectrocnemia zolotuhini
Type specimen: CVGM 19Tr2012 (PIN 964/1316), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (V.A. Gusakov collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (V.A. Gusakov collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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