Archaeopolycentra longesilentia Melnitsky and Ivanov 2022 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae

Full reference: S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov. 2022. New species of Polycentropodidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Taymyr amber locality Nizhnyaya Agapa, upper Cenomanian. Russian Entomological Journal 31:168-171

Belongs to Archaeopolycentra according to S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov 2022

Sister taxa: Archaeopolycentra achupomotet, Archaeopolycentra turvalsia, Archaeopolycentra yantardakh, Archaeopolycentra zherikhini

Type specimen: PIN 3426/223, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr Amber, Nizhnyaya Agapa River (PIN collection 3426), which is in a Cenomanian fluvial amber in the Dolgan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr Amber, Nizhnyaya Agapa River (PIN collection 3426)

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