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Polycentropodinae

Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae

Taxonomy

Polycentropinae was named by Ulmer (1903). It is extant. Its type is Polycentropus.

It was corrected as Polycentropodinae by Melnitsky and Ivanov (2010), Melnitsky and Ivanov (2016), Melnitsky and Ivanov (2016) and Ivanov and Melnitsky (2017).

It was assigned to Polycentropodidae by Melnitsky and Ivanov (2010), Melnitsky and Ivanov (2016), Melnitsky and Ivanov (2016) and Ivanov and Melnitsky (2017).

Subtaxa

Archaeoneureclipsis, Archaeopolycentra, Derobrochus, Electrocyrnus, Leptobrochus, Litobrochus, Mesobrochus, Nyctiophylax, Paladicella, Polycentropus (type genus)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2010	Polycentropodinae Melnitsky and Ivanov p. 306
2016	Polycentropodinae Melnitsky and Ivanov p. 70
2017	Polycentropodinae Ivanov and Melnitsky p. 126

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola

Rank	Name	Author
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Amphiesmenoptera	Kiriakoff 1948
—	Metamphiesmenoptera
—	Euamphiesmenoptera
—	Panendymenoptera
—	Endymenoptera
—	Stelloptera
order	Trichoptera	Kirby 1815
—	Eutrichoptera
suborder	Annulipalpia
superfamily	Psychomyioidea	Curtis 1835
family	Polycentropodidae
subfamily	Polycentropodinae	()
subfamily	Polycentropodinae	()

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.

Subfm. Polycentropodinae Ulmer 1903

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G. †Archaeoneureclipsis Ulmer 1912

†Archaeoneureclipsis fortis Ulmer 1912

†Archaeoneureclipsis geminata Ulmer 1912

†Archaeoneureclipsis martynovi Melnitsky and Ivanov 2016

G. †Archaeopolycentra Botosaneanu and Wichard 1983

†Archaeopolycentra achupomotet Melnitsky and Ivanov 2021

†Archaeopolycentra longesilentia Melnitsky and Ivanov 2022

†Archaeopolycentra turvalsia Melnitsky and Ivanov 2021

†Archaeopolycentra yantardakh Ivanov and Melnitsky 2017

†Archaeopolycentra zherikhini Botosaneanu and Wichard 1983

G. †Derobrochus Scudder 1885

†Derobrochus abstractus Scudder 1890

†Derobrochus caenulentus Scudder 1890

†Derobrochus commoratus Scudder 1890

†Derobrochus craterae Scudder 1890

†Derobrochus frigescens Scudder 1885

†Derobrochus marcidus Scudder 1890

†Derobrochus typharum Cockerell 1910

G. †Electrocyrnus Melnitsky and Ivanov 2010

†Electrocyrnus perpusillus Melnitsky and Ivanov 2010

G. †Leptobrochus Scudder 1890

†Leptobrochus luteus Scudder 1890

G. †Litobrochus Scudder 1890

†Litobrochus externatus Scudder 1890

G. †Mesobrochus Scudder 1890

†Mesobrochus imbecillus Scudder 1890

†Mesobrochus lethaeus Scudder 1890

G. Nyctiophylax Brauer 1865

†Nyctiophylax acutus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax articulatus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax bidentatus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax claviger Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax coalitus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax curvus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax diffissus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax endrusseiti Wichard and Weitschat 1996

†Nyctiophylax excelsus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax hamatus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax insectus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax leningrad Melnitsky and Ivanov 2016

†Nyctiophylax ovatus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax pexus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax procerus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax quadruplex Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax rectus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax repandus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax sellatus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax serpentinus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax sinuatus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax subacuminatus Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax terreusbos Melnitsky and Ivanov 2013

†Nyctiophylax totaktoetak Melnitsky et al. 2024

†Nyctiophylax unguicularis Ulmer 1912

†Nyctiophylax valideturbidus Ivanov and Melnitsky 2013

†Nyctiophylax varians Ulmer 1912

G. †Paladicella Scudder 1890

†Paladicella eruptionis Scudder 1890

G. Polycentropus Curtis 1835

†Polycentropus aeternus Scudder 1890

†Polycentropus barbatus Pictet and Hagen 1856

†Polycentropus eviratus Scudder 1890

†Polycentropus exesus Scudder 1890

†Polycentropus grigorenkoi Melnitsky and Ivanov 2016

†Polycentropus priscus Pictet and Hagen 1856

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 99.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (19 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Russian Federation	Archaeopolycentra longesilentia (35051)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Russian Federation	Archaeopolycentra zherikhini, Archaeopolycentra yantardakh, Archaeopolycentra turvalsia, Archaeopolycentra achupomotet (35056)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Poland	Polycentropus barbatus, Polycentropus priscus (109625)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Lithuania	Nyctiophylax valideturbidus (113470)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Archaeoneureclipsis fortis, Archaeoneureclipsis geminata, Nyctiophylax hamatus, Nyctiophylax claviger, Nyctiophylax pexus, Nyctiophylax varians, Nyctiophylax repandus, Nyctiophylax bidentatus, Nyctiophylax diffissus, Nyctiophylax insectus, Nyctiophylax articulatus, Nyctiophylax coalitus, Nyctiophylax excelsus, Nyctiophylax curvus, Nyctiophylax sinuatus, Nyctiophylax serpentinus (123927) Archaeoneureclipsis fortis, Nyctiophylax rectus, Nyctiophylax claviger, Nyctiophylax pexus, Nyctiophylax varians, Nyctiophylax repandus, Nyctiophylax bidentatus, Nyctiophylax diffissus, Nyctiophylax acutus, Nyctiophylax unguicularis, Nyctiophylax procerus, Nyctiophylax subacuminatus, Nyctiophylax sellatus, Nyctiophylax curvus, Nyctiophylax sinuatus, Nyctiophylax serpentinus, Nyctiophylax quadruplex (124073) Nyctiophylax claviger (123757) Nyctiophylax endrusseiti (110735) Nyctiophylax leningrad (122591) Nyctiophylax sp., Nyctiophylax varians (123870) Nyctiophylax varians (123221) Nyctiophylax varians, Nyctiophylax repandus, Nyctiophylax ovatus (123766)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Ukraine	Electrocyrnus perpusillus (122995) Nyctiophylax totaktoetak (216854) Nyctiophylax varians, Nyctiophylax terreusbos, Archaeoneureclipsis martynovi, Polycentropus grigorenkoi (122997)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	Derobrochus typharum (106381) Polycentropus exesus, Polycentropus eviratus, Derobrochus abstractus, Derobrochus caenulentus, Derobrochus aeternus, Derobrochus commoratus, Derobrochus marcidus, Derobrochus frigescens, Derobrochus craterae, Litobrochus externatus, Leptobrochus luteus, Mesobrochus lethaeus, Mesobrochus imbecillus, Paladicella eruptionis (106384)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	Derobrochus craterae (122093)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Canada (Ontario)	Polycentropus sp. (163074)