Dicosmoecinae
Ralph W. Holzenthal, Roger J. Blahnik, Aysha Prather, and Karl Kjer
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The Dicosmoecinae, with fewer than 100 described species, are considered the most primitive of the limnephilid subfamilies, and include the only Southern Hemisphere taxa in the family; of its 19 genera, 7 are endemic to South America and 1, Archaeophylax Kimmins, is endemic to Australia (Wiggins 2002). (From Holzenthal et al., 2007a)Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Dicosmoecinae as represented by Dicosmeocus, Ironoquia and Monocosmoecus in Holzenthal et al. 2007b was supported as monophyletic in a combined data analysis.References
Holzenthal R.W., Blahnik, R.J., Kjer K.M and Prather, A.L. 2007a. An update on the phylogeny of Caddisflies (Trichoptera). Proceedings of the XIIth International Symposium on Trichoptera. Bueno-Soria, R. Barba-Alvearz and B. Armitage (Eds). Pp. 143-153. The Caddis Press.
Holzenthal R.W., Blahnik, R.J., Prather, A.L., and Kjer K.M. 2007b. Order Trichoptera Kirby 1813 (Insecta), Caddisflies. In: Zhang, Z.-Q., and Shear, W.A. (Eds). 2007 Linneaus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy. Zootaxa pp. 639–698.
Wiggins, G.B. (2002) Biogeography of amphipolar caddisflies in the subfamily Dicosmoecinae (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 49, 227–259.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Ironoquia punctatissima |
|---|---|
| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| View | lateral |
| Source Collection | Barcode of Life Database (BOLD) |
About This Page
Ralph W. Holzenthal
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Roger J. Blahnik
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Aysha Prather
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karl Kjer
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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