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Hydropsyche operta

Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydropsychidae

Taxonomy
Phryganea operta was named by Scudder (1877). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Chagrin Valley, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Hydropsyche operta by Scudder (1890).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Phryganea operta Scudder p. 762
1890Hydropsyche operta Scudder p. 180 figs. Pl 5 figs 52-53

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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
suborderAnnulipalpia
superfamilyHydropsychoidea
familyHydropsychidaeCurtis 1835
subfamilyHydropsychinaeCurtis 1835
genusHydropsychePictet 1834
speciesoperta()

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.

†Hydropsyche operta Scudder 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available