Palaeohelicopsyche netnetdaida Melnitsky et al. 2024 (snail-case caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Helicopsychidae

Full reference: S. I. Melnitsky, V. D. Ivanov, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2024. Taxonomic names, in Palaeohelicopsyche netnetdaida sp.n., a first species of Helicopsychidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Eocene Rovno amber. Ecologica Montenegrina 79:118-124

Belongs to Palaeohelicopsyche according to S. I. Melnitsky et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Palaeohelicopsyche marki, Palaeohelicopsyche serricornis

Type specimen: SIZK W-75, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Voronki locality (SIZK W collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Voronki locality (SIZK W collection)

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