Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
Full reference: S. I. Melnitsky, V. D. Ivanov, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2025. Taxonomic names, in New Nyctiophylax Brauer, 1865 and Plectrocnemia Stephens, 1836 (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from Eocene Rovno amber. Ecologica Montenegrina 83:104-111
Belongs to Plectrocnemia according to S. I. Melnitsky et al. 2025
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 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 UA-28504, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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