Xiphocentronidae

Family of caddisflies

Xiphocentronidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Suborder: Annulipalpia
Superfamily: Hydropsychoidea
Family: Xiphocentronidae
Schmid, 1982
Subfamilies

Proxiphocentroninae
Xiphocentroninae

The Xiphocentronidae are a family of caddisflies. It has previously been treated as a subfamily of Psychomyiidae, and has a broad distribution, including parts of Asia, Central Africa and the Americas.[1] It contains seven genera,[1] in two subfamilies:

Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982 [2]
  • Proxiphocentron Schmid, 1982
Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949 [3]
  • Abaria Mosely, 1948
  • Cnodocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Drepanocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Machairocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Melanotrichia Ulmer, 1906
  • Xiphocentron Brauer, 1870

References

  1. ^ a b David Dudgeon (1999). "Xiphocentronidae". Tropical Asian streams: zoobenthos, ecology and conservation. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 395–397. ISBN 978-962-209-469-7.
  2. ^ "Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  3. ^ "Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
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Extant Trichoptera families
Suborder Annulipalpia
Hydropsychoidea
  • Arctopsychidae (net-spinning caddisflies)
  • Dipseudopsidae
  • Ecnomidae
  • Hydropsychidae (net-spinning caddisflies)
  • Polycentropodidae (trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies)
  • Psychomyiidae (trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies)
  • Xiphocentronidae
Philopotamoidea
  • Philopotamidae (finger-net and silken-tube spinner caddisflies)
  • Stenopsychidae
Suborder Integripalpia
Leptoceroidea
Limnephiloidea
Phyrganeoidea
(giant caddisflies)
Sericostomatoidea
Tasimioidea
Suborder Spicipalpia
Hydroptiloidea
  • Glossosomatidae
  • Hydroptilidae (microcaddisflies or purse-case caddisflies)
  • Pticolepidae
Rhyacophiloidea
(primitive caddisflies)
Taxon identifiers
Xiphocentronidae


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