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Polycentropus aeternus

Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae

Taxonomy
Derobrochus aeternus was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is MCZ 355, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Polycentropus aeternus by Cockerell (1907).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Derobrochus aeternus Scudder p. 184
1907Polycentropus aeternus Cockerell p. 609

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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
superfamilyPsychomyioideaCurtis 1835
familyPolycentropodidae
subfamilyPolycentropodinae()
genusPolycentropusCurtis 1835
speciesaeternus()

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.

Polycentropus aeternus Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available