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Phryganeidae (large caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Phryganeidae

Taxonomy
Phryganeidae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Phryganea.

It was reranked as the tribe Phryganides by Leach (1815); it was reranked as the subfamily Phryganidae by Scudder (1890).

It was assigned to Trichoptera by Leach (1815), Scudder (1890), Statz (1936), Zeuner (1941) and Carpenter (1992); to Integripalpia by Wichard et al. (2009); to Plenitentoria by Wichard (2013); and to Phryganeoidea by Thomas et al. (2020) and Thomas et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Phryganeidae Leach p. 136
1815Phryganides Leach p. 136
1890Phryganidae Scudder p. 195
1936Phryganeidae Statz p. 221
1941Phryganeidae Zeuner
1992Phryganeidae Carpenter
2009Phryganeidae Wichard et al. p. 297
2013Phryganeidae Wichard p. 73
2020Phryganeidae Thomas et al.
2023Phryganeidae Thomas et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
RankNameAuthor
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderTrichopteraKirby 1815
—Eutrichoptera
suborderIntegripalpia
infraorderPhryganides()
—Plenitentoria(Weaver 1984)
superfamilyPhryganeoidea
familyPhryganeidaeLeach 1815
familyPhryganeidaeLeach 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Phryganeidae Leach 1815 [large caddisfly]
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G. Agrypnia Curtis 1835
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Agrypnia pagetana Curtis 1835
Agrypnia straminea Hagen 1873
Subfm. †Amagupsychinae Cockerell 1925
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G. †Amagupsyche Cockerell 1925
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†Amagupsyche perlata Cockerell 1925
G. †Baissophryganoides Sukacheva 1968
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†Baissophryganoides popovi Sukatsheva 2016
G. Banksiola Martynov 1924
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Banksiola crotchi Banks 1943
G. †Bembridgea Sukatsheva 2014
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†Bembridgea insularia Sukatsheva 2014
G. †Eotrichostegia Melnitsky and Ivanov 2016
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†Eotrichostegia retrograda Melnitsky and Ivanov 2016
G. †Limnopsyche Scudder 1890
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†Limnopsyche dispersa Scudder 1890
G. †Ocnerites Oppenheim 1885
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†Ocnerites macroceraticus Oppenheim 1885
G. Oligotricha Rambur 1842
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†Oligotricha evanescens Scudder 1890
†Oligotricha excellenta Statz 1936
Invalid names: Neuronia Stephens 1829 [replaced]
G. Phryganea Linnaeus 1758
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†Phryganea aquensis Heer 1883
†Phryganea arenifera Fritsch 1910
†Phryganea arkharica Sukacheva 1982
†Phryganea dubia Pictet and Hagen 1856
†Phryganea egregia Ulmer 1912
†Phryganea elegans Piton 1936
†Phryganea elegantula Meunier 1919
†Phryganea fossilis Pictet and Hagen 1856
Phryganea grandis Linnaeus 1758
†Phryganea hyperborea Heer 1883
†Phryganea kryshtofovichi Cockerell 1923
†Phryganea labefacta Scudder 1890
†Phryganea latissima Ulmer 1912
†Phryganea lavrushini Cockerell 1925
†Phryganea lithophila Statz 1936
†Phryganea longirostris Hagen 1856
†Phryganea meunieri Statz 1936
†Phryganea miocenica Cockerell 1913
†Phryganea nigripennis Piton 1940
Phryganea obsoleta Hagen 1864
†Phryganea picea Pictet and Hagen 1856
†Phryganea singularis Ulmer 1912
†Phryganea spokanensis Carpenter 1931
†Phryganea submersa Statz 1936
†Phryganea ulmeri Meunier 1918
†Phryganea vkoivekiraz Melnitsky et al. 2024
†Phryganea wickhami Cockerell 1914
G. †Proagrypnia Sukatsheva 2016
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†Proagrypnia sinitsae Sukatsheva 2016
G. †Wigginsiola Melnitsky and Ivanov 2019
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†Wigginsiola saecularia Melnitsky and Ivanov 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 129.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.0 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Russian Federation (Chita) Phryganeidae indet. (105968) Proagrypnia sinitsae (125784) Proagrypnia sp. (152176)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Baissophryganoides ponomarenkoi (121710) Baissophryganoides popovi (105796)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Baissophryganoides monstruosus (105536)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Phryganea arenifera (123774)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Russian Federation Phryganea arkharica (114328)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Phryganea nigripennis (113685)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland Phryganea hyperborea (124000)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Phryganeidae indet. (31677)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Primorskiy) Phryganea sp. (123794)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Bembridgea insularia (123959)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Eotrichostegia retrograda (122997) Phryganea vkoivekiraz (113621)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Phryganea egregia (110735) Phryganea picea, Phryganea egregia (123757) Phryganea picea, Phryganea latissima, Phryganea egregia (124073) Phryganea picea, Phryganea latissima, Phryganea singularis (123927) Phryganea picea, Phryganea singularis (123928) Phryganeidae indet. (123870) Wigginsiola saecularia (124951)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Phryganea picea (120811) Phryganea picea, Phryganea fossilis, Phryganea dubia, Phryganea longirostris (109625)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Neuronia evanescens, Phryganea labefacta, Limnopsyche dispersa (106384) Phryganea labefacta (106382 124681) Phryganea labefacta, Phryganea wickhami (113749) Phryganea miocenica (127617)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Ocnerites macroceraticus (152863) Phryganidae indet., Phryganea elegantula (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Phryganea aquensis (122876) Phryganea ulmeri (153144)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Kazakhstan (Saisan) Phryganea sp. (114018)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Phryganea pupa sp nov 1, Phryganea pupa sp nov 2, Phryganea pupa sp nov 3, Neuronia excellenta, Phryganea elegantula, Phryganea lithophila, Phryganea submersa, Phryganea meunieri (122010)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany Phryganea obsoleta (123872)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Idaho) Phryganeidae indet. (144527)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Russian Federation Phryganea lavrushini, Amagupsyche perlata (113705)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Washington) Phryganea spokanensis (140652)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Idaho) Phryganea sp. (97616) Phryganeidae indet. (130391)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria (Steiermark) Phryganea parschlugiana (115306)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Phryganea kryshtofovichi (127629)
Vallesian - Turolian11.608 - 5.333Spain (Lleida) Phryganea sp. (140806)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Phryganea elegans (113996)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Phryganeidae indet. (160153) Phryganeidae indet., Agrypnia pagetana, Agrypnia straminea, Banksiola crotchi (160109)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Phryganea obsoleta (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Agrypnia sp. (163074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Phryganeidae indet. (174229 174230)