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Issue: Vol. 1378 No. 1: 11 Dec. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1378.1.3
Page range: 37–48
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 23

First caddisfly species from Mexican amber (Insecta: Trichoptera)

Institut für Biologie und ihre Didaktik, Gronewaldstr. 2, D 50931 Koeln, Germany
Institut für Paläontologie, Nussallee 8, D 53115 Bonn, Germany.
Institut für Biologie und ihre Didaktik, Gronewaldstr. 2, D 50931 Koeln, Germany
Trichoptera caddisflies systematics Culoptila Plectropsyche Xiphocentron Antillopsyche fossils Mexican amber

Abstract

The first 4 new species of caddisflies (Trichoptera) are described from Mexican amber: Culoptila aguilerai n. sp. (Glossosomatidae), Plectropsyche alvarezi n. sp. (Hydropsychidae), Antillopsyche mexicana n. sp. (Dipseudopsidae), and Xiphocentron chiapasi n. sp. (Xiphocentronidae). Culoptila, Plectropsyche, and Xiphocentron are typical members of the Neotropical fauna and the fauna of Mexico; they now are also represented in Miocene Mexican amber. The genus Antillopsyche, previously known from the Greater Antilles and from Dominican amber, is now reported from Mexican amber.

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