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Cariboptila

Insecta - Trichoptera - Glossosomatidae

Taxonomy

Cariboptila was named by Flint (1964). It is extant.

It was assigned to Protoptilinae by Robertson and Holzenthal (2013).

Species

Cubanoptila grimaldii, Cubanoptila longiscapa, Cubanoptila mederi, Cubanoptila poinari

Synonyms

Cubanoptila was named by Sykora (1973). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cariboptila by Robertson and Holzenthal (2013).

It was assigned to Glossosomatidae by Wichard (1995) and Wichard (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1964	Cariboptila Flint p. 17
1973	Cubanoptila Sykora
1995	Cubanoptila Wichard p. 160
2007	Cubanoptila Wichard p. 7
2013	Cariboptila Robertson and Holzenthal p. 28

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola

Rank	Name	Author
—	Aparaglossata
—	Panorpida
superorder	Amphiesmenoptera	Kiriakoff 1948
—	Metamphiesmenoptera
—	Euamphiesmenoptera
—	Panendymenoptera
—	Endymenoptera
—	Stelloptera
order	Trichoptera	Kirby 1815
—	Eutrichoptera
suborder	Integripalpia
family	Glossosomatidae	Wallgren 1891
subfamily	Protoptilinae
genus	Cariboptila

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.

G. Cariboptila Flint 1964

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Invalid names: Cubanoptila Sykora 1973 [synonym]

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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Cubanoptila grimaldii (122982) Cubanoptila longiscapa (122474) Cubanoptila mederi (122473 124255) Cubanoptila poinari (122472)