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Trichoptera (caddisfly)
Insecta - Trichoptera
Taxonomy
Trichoptera was named by Kirby (1815). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Phryganoidea by Handlirsch (1906).
It was assigned to Insecta by Bode (1953); to Endopterygota by Carpenter (1992); and to Amphiesmenoptera by Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004), Minet et al. (2010), Beutel et al. (2011), Misof et al. (2014) and Kelly et al. (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Phryganoidea by Handlirsch (1906).
It was assigned to Insecta by Bode (1953); to Endopterygota by Carpenter (1992); and to Amphiesmenoptera by Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004), Minet et al. (2010), Beutel et al. (2011), Misof et al. (2014) and Kelly et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Amechanites, Annulipalpia, Aphelocheira, Archotaulius, Aspatherium geinitzii, Bittacus validus, Calamodontus, Conchindusia, Coprindusia, Cyrnus subatomarius, Electralbertidae, Folindusia, Hallesus retusus, Hydropsyche submaculata, Hydropsyche subvariabilis, Hydropsychoidea, Integripalpia, Kalophryganidae, Litholimnephilops, Mesotaulius, Nebritus willistoni, Necrotauliidae (syn. Prorhyacophilidae), Ostracindusia, Paleodicella, Pelindusia, Petropteron, Philorheithridae, Phryganea arenacea, Phryganea kolbi, Phryganea solitaria, Phryganeidium, Phryganeina, Piscindusia, Plectrotarsidae, Protomeropina, Rhyacophila subumbrosa, Rhyacophila succinica, Rhyacophila succinica major, Rhyacophila succinica media, Rhyacophila succinica minor, Sanctipaulus, Secrindusia, Spicipalpia, Taymyrelectronidae, Terrindusia, Trichopterella, Tuanwangica, Vitimotauliidae, Xiphocentronidae, Zygobasis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Trichoptera Kirby p. 88 |
| 1836 | Aphelocheira Stephens |
| 1851 | Aspatherium geinitzii Kolenati p. 15 |
| 1851 | Cyrnus subatomarius Kolenati p. 15 |
| 1851 | Hydropsyche submaculata Kolenati p. 15 |
| 1851 | Hydropsyche subvariabilis Kolenati p. 15 |
| 1851 | Rhyacophila subumbrosa Kolenati p. 15 |
| 1851 | Rhyacophila succinica Kolenati p. 15 |
| 1851 | Rhyacophila succinica major Kolenati p. 15 |
| 1851 | Rhyacophila succinica media Kolenati p. 15 |
| 1851 | Rhyacophila succinica minor Kolenati p. 15 |
| 1856 | Bittacus validus Hagen p. 92 figs. Pl 8, fig 23 |
| 1856 | Hallesus retusus Hagen p. 102 |
| 1889 | Phryganea kolbi Frič p. 277 fig. 93A |
| 1895 | Phryganea kolbi Fritsch p. 2 |
| 1899 | Phryganea arenacea Fritsch p. 6 figs. Pl 133, figs 4,5; text-fig 311B |
| 1899 | Phryganea solitaria Fritsch p. 7 fig. 312 |
| 1906 | Phryganoidea Handlirsch p. 483 |
| 1949 | Nebritus willistoni Melander p. 30 fig. 36 |
| 1953 | Trichoptera Bode |
| 1992 | Trichoptera Carpenter |
| 2004 | Trichoptera Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence |
| 2010 | Trichoptera Minet et al. |
| 2011 | Trichoptera Beutel et al. |
| 2014 | Trichoptera Misof et al. |
| 2018 | Trichoptera Kelly et al. p. 5 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available