Psychomyiidae

Psychomyiidae
Psychomyia pusilla larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Trichoptera
Family:Psychomyiidae
Walker, 1852
Subfamilies
  • Psychomyiinae
  • Tinodinae
Tinodes assimilis

The Psychomyiidae are a family of trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies. Members of this family are typically very similar to polycentropodids, but usually differ in leg characters. Larvae also tend to construct silken tubes.

The type genus for Psychomyiidae is Psychomyia P.A. Latreille, 1829.[1]

Tinodes waeneri

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the family Psychomyiidae:

  • Lype McLachlan, 1878 i c g b
  • Metalype Klapalek, 1898 i c g
  • Padangpsyche Malicky, 1993 i c g
  • Paduniella Ulmer, 1913 i c g
  • Palerasnitsynus Wichard, Ross & Ross, 2011 g
  • Psychomyia Latreille in Cuvier, 1829 i c g
  • Psychomyiella Ulmer, 1908 i c g
  • Tinodes Curtis, 1834 i c g b
  • Trichopterodomus Erickson, 1983 g
  • Zelandoptila Tillyard, 1924 i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Psychomyiidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. ↑ "Browse Psychomyiidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Psychomyiidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. ↑ "Psychomyiidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.


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