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Litobrochus externatus

Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae

Taxonomy
Litobrochus externatus was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is MCZ 377, 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 is the type species of Litobrochus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Litobrochus externatus Scudder p. 186 figs. Pl 15 fig 10

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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()
genusLitobrochus
speciesexternatus

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.

†Litobrochus externatus Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available