Polyplectropus

Polyplectropus
Unknown species of Polyplectropus seen in Auckland, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Polycentropodidae
Genus: Polyplectropus
Ulmer, 1905
Species

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Polyplectropus is a genus of caddisflies belonging to the family Polycentropodidae.

Taxonomy

The genus was first identified in 1905 by German entomologist Georg Ulmer, who named P. flavicornis the type species. In 2010, the genus Eodipseudopsis Marlier, 1959 was synonymised with Polyplectropus.

Distribution

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Polyplectropus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Ulmer, Georg Friedrich Franz (1905). "Zur Kenntiniss aussereuropaischer Trichoptera (Neuer Trichoptern des Hamburger und Stettiner Museums und des zoologischen Instituts in Halle, nebst Beschreibungen einiger Typen Kolensti's und Burmeister's.)". Entomologische Zeitung (in German). 66 (1): 3–119. Wikidata Q129068048.
  3. ↑ Oláh, János; Johanson, Kjell Kjell-Arne (2010). "Generic review of Polycentropodidae with description of 32 new species and 19 new species records from the Oriental, Australian and Afrotropical Biogeographical Regions". Zootaxa. 2435 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2435.1.1. Wikidata Q97515525.