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Hydropsychoidea

Insecta - Trichoptera

Taxonomy
Hydropsychoidea is a superfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Trichoptera by Botosaneanu and Wichard (1983); and to Annulipalpia by Thomas et al. (2020) and Thomas et al. (2023).

Subtaxa
Hydropsychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hydropsychoidea Botosaneanu and Wichard
2020Hydropsychoidea Thomas et al.
2023Hydropsychoidea 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
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderTrichopteraKirby 1815
—Eutrichoptera
suborderAnnulipalpia
superfamilyHydropsychoidea
superfamilyHydropsychoidea

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.

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Fm. Hydropsychidae Curtis 1835 [net-spinning caddisfly]
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Subfm. Arctopsychinae Martynov 1924
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G. Arctopsyche McLachlan 1868
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Arctopsyche ladogensis Kolenati 1859
Subfm. Diplectroninae Ulmer 1951
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G. Diplectrona Westwood 1840
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†Diplectrona minima Ulmer 1912
†Diplectrona ocularia Ulmer 1912
G. †Electrodiplectrona Ulmer 1912
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Subfm. Hydropsychinae Curtis 1835
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G. Calosopsyche Ross and Unzicker 1977
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G. Cheumatopsyche Wallengren 1891
G. Hydropsyche Pictet 1834
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Hydropsyche bifida Banks 1905
†Hydropsyche marcens Scudder 1890
Hydropsyche nevae Kolenati 1858
†Hydropsyche operta Scudder 1877
†Hydropsyche scudderi Cockerell 1909
†Hydropsyche viduata Ulmer 1912
G. Potamyia Banks 1900
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†Potamyia nitida Ulmer 1912
Subfm. Macronematinae Ulmer 1905
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G. Macronema Pictet 1836
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†Macronema hispaniola Wichard 2007
Macronema zebrata Hagen 1861
G. †Palaehydropsyche Wichard 1986
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†Palaehydropsyche fossilis Wichard 1986
G. Plectropsyche Ross 1947
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†Plectropsyche alvarezi Wichard and Solorzano 2006
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 Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 85.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation Hydropsychoidea indet. (35056)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Phryganea operta (121146)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Diplectrona minima, Electrodiplectrona decipiens (123221) Hydropsyche viduata, Potamyia nitida, Electrodiplectrona decipiens (124073) Potamyia nitida (123757) Potamyia nitida, Diplectrona ocularia (124088) Potamyia nitida, Diplectrona ocularia, Electrodiplectrona decipiens (123927)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Hydropsyche marcens (106384) Hydropsyche scudderi (114150 123119)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Plectropsyche alvarezi (125758 151418)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Calosopsyche palaeoelegans, Macronema hispaniola (122474 124255) Palaehydropsyche fossilis (123422)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Arctopsyche ladogensis (160108 160153) Arctopsyche ladogensis, Hydropsyche nevae (160109 160143 160144)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Hydropsyche sp. a, Hydropsyche bifida, Hydropsyche slossonae, Cheumatopsyche sp. a, Cheumatopsyche sp. b, Hydropsyche scalaris, Hydropsyche orris, Macronema zebrata (163074)