Plectrocnemia aristovi Melnitsky and Ivanov 2023 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae

Full reference: S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov. 2023. Plectrocnemia aristovi sp. nov., a new fossil species of Polycentropodidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Eocene Rovno amber. Palaeoentomology 6:117-119

Belongs to Plectrocnemia according to S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov 2023

Sister taxa: Plectrocnemia angulata, 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 pluripotentia, 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 victori, Plectrocnemia zolotuhini

Type specimen: SIZK K-8734, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection)

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