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Philopotamidae (finger-net caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Philopotamidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Philopotamidae Stephens p. 28
1992Philopotamidae Carpenter
2009Philopotamidae Wichard et al. p. 294
2020Philopotamidae Thomas et al.
2023Philopotamidae 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
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderTrichopteraKirby 1815
—Eutrichoptera
suborderAnnulipalpia
superfamilyPhilopotamoidea
familyPhilopotamidae
familyPhilopotamidae

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. Philopotamidae Stephens 1829 [finger-net caddisfly]
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G. †Archiphilopotamus Sukatsheva 1985
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†Archiphilopotamus absurdus Sukatsheva and Vasilenko 2020
†Archiphilopotamus expectatus Sukatsheva and Sinitshenkova 2023
†Archiphilopotamus kubekovensis Sukatsheva and Vasilenko 2020
†Archiphilopotamus luxus Sukatsheva 1985
†Archiphilopotamus mancus Sukatsheva 1985
G. †Arkharia Sukacheva 1982
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†Arkharia oblimata Sukacheva 1982
G. Chimarra Stephens 1829
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Subg. Chimarra (Chimarrita) Blahnik 1997
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†Chimarra dommeli Wichard 1983
Chimarra obscura Walker 1852
†Chimarra palaedominicana Wichard 1983
†Chimarra resinae Wichard 1983
†Chimarra weitschati Wichard 1983
G. Dolophilus MacLachlan 1868
G. †Electracanthinus Ulmer 1912
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G. †Juraphilopotamus Wang et al. 2009
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†Juraphilopotamus callidus Sukatsheva and Aristov 2020
†Juraphilopotamus funeralis Sukatsheva and Vasilenko 2020
†Juraphilopotamus heteroclitus Sukatsheva and Aristov 2022
†Juraphilopotamus inopinatus Sukatsheva and Sinitshenkova 2023
†Juraphilopotamus lubricus Wang et al. 2009
†Juraphilopotamus similis Sukatsheva and Sinitshenkova 2023
G. †Kempia Sukatcheva 2018
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†Kempia piotri Sukatcheva 2018
G. †Liadotaulius Handlirsch 1939
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†Liadotaulius daohugouensis Wu and Huang 2012
†Liadotaulius korujensis Sukacheva 1990
†Liadotaulius limus Zhang et al. 2017
†Liadotaulius maior Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Liadotaulius acutipennis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Paratrichopteridium angustum Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Paratrichopteridium areatum Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Paratrichopteridium breve Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
†Liadotaulius shewjensis Sukacheva 1990
Invalid names: Oncovena Sukacheva and Novokshonov 1995 [synonym]
G. †Mesoviatrix Sukatcheva 2018
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†Mesoviatrix paradoxa Sukatcheva 2018
Subfm. Philopotaminae Stephens 1829
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G. Dolophilodes Ulmer 1909
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Subg. †Dolophilodes (Sortosella) Sukacheva 2004
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G. †Kulickiella Sukatsheva 2001
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†Kulickiella roziczkae Sukatsheva 2001
G. Wormaldia MacLachlan 1865
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†Wormaldia advenaria Mey 1988
†Wormaldia aequalis Hagen 1856
†Wormaldia angularia Mey 1986
†Wormaldia cercifurcata Wichard et al. 2020
†Wormaldia cercilonga Wichard et al. 2020
†Wormaldia congenera Ulmer 1912
†Wormaldia contigua Mey 1986
†Wormaldia cretacea Wichard and Wang 2016
†Wormaldia denticulata Wang et al. 2021
†Wormaldia diplobifurca Wang et al. 2021
†Wormaldia longaeva Sukatsheva 2014
†Wormaldia media Ulmer 1912
†Wormaldia myanmari Wichard and Poinar 2005
†Wormaldia nasticentia Melnitsky and Ivanov 2010
†Wormaldia pheromonia Melnitsky and Ivanov 2005
†Wormaldia pobeda Melnitsky and Ivanov 2016
†Wormaldia praecursor Botosaneanu 1995 [Caddis fly]
†Wormaldia praemissa Cockerell 1916
†Wormaldia resina Wichard and Wang 2016
†Wormaldia squamosa Wichard et al. 2020
†Wormaldia sukatshevae Melnitsky and Ivanov 2005
†Wormaldia transversa Wichard et al. 2020
†Wormaldia vlipla Melnitsky and Ivanov 2005
G. Philopotamus Stephens 1829
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†Philopotamus hamatus Ulmer 1912
G. †Prophilopotamus Sukatsheva 1973
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†Prophilopotamus asiaticus Sukatsheva 1973
G. †Prophiloptamus Sukatsheva 1973
G. †Pulchercylindratus Gao et al. 2013
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†Pulchercylindratus punctatus Gao et al. 2013
G. †Sukatshevabaga Yian and Zhang 2023
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†Sukatshevabaga bakharica Sukacheva 1992
†Sukatshevabaga pumila Sukacheva 1992
Invalid names: Baga Sukacheva 1992 [replaced]
G. †Ulmerodina Ross 1956
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†Ulmerodina impar Ulmer 1912
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 Ladinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 242.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Prophilopotamus asiaticus (106088)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Liadotaulius maior (114991) Paratrichopteridium areatum, Liadotaulius acutipennis, Paratrichopteridium breve, Paratrichopteridium angustum, Orthophlebia furcata (123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Liadotaulius maior (114993)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Dolophilodes shurabica (105088)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Archiphilopotamus luxus, Archiphilopotamus mancus, Oncovena borealis, Archiphilopotamus kubekovensis, Archiphilopotamus absurdus, Juraphilopotamus funeralis, Juraphilopotamus similis (118010)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Mongolia (Bayan-Khongor) Baga bakharica (121709)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Archiphilopotamus expectatus (105971) Juraphilopotamus inopinatus (105426)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Juraphilopotamus lubricus (112664) Liadotaulius daohugouensis (113371) Liadotaulius limus (123761) Pulchercylindratus punctatus (117610)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian166.1 - 152.1Russian Federation (Chita) Necrotaulius korujensis (125485)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Baga pumila (104748) Oncovena sharategensis (165042)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Chita) Necrotaulius shewjensis (125407)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Mesoviatrix paradoxa, Kempia piotri (110818)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Juraphilopotamus callidus (113349) Juraphilopotamus heteroclitus (119441)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Wormaldia cretacea, Wormaldia resina, Wormaldia cercilonga, Wormaldia cercifurcata (161726) Wormaldia diplobifurca, Wormaldia denticulata (165561) Wormaldia transversa, Wormaldia squamosa (184444)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Wormaldia myanmari (104053)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kazakhstan (Kzyl-Orda) Kulickiella roziczkae (113401)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Wormaldia praecursor (110895)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kazakhstan Kulickiella roziczkae (103274 127856)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Philopotamidae indet. (35052)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Tennessee) Dolophilus praemissus (124694)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Russian Federation Arkharia oblimata (114328)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Dolophilus aequalis (123221 123458 123766 123870) Dolophilus aequalis, Dolophilus medius (123757) Dolophilus aequalis, Dolophilus medius, Dolophilus congener, Dolophilus impar, Electracanthinus klebsi (124073) Philopotamus hamatus, Dolophilus aequalis, Dolophilus medius, Dolophilus congener, Dolophilus impar, Electracanthinus klebsi (123927)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Wormaldia angularia, Wormaldia contigua, Wormaldia advenaria (129227)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Dolophilus aequalis (123930)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Wormaldia pheromonia, Wormaldia vlipla, Wormaldia sukatshevae (113470)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Wormaldia nasticentia, Wormaldia pobeda (122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Agapetus aequalis (109625) Dolophilus aequalis, Dolophilus medius (120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Wormaldia longaeva (123959)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Chimarra palaenova (122472) Chimarra palaenova, Chimarra succini, Chimarra resinae, Chimarra palaedominicana, Chimarra dommeli (122474) Chimarra palaenova, Chimarra weitschati (124255) Chimarra weitschati (120817)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Wormaldia sp., Chimarra obscura (163074)