Cretapsyche is an extinct genus of caddisflies in the extinct family Dysoneuridae. It is from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) and specimens are from Burmese amber.
Cretapsyche Temporal range: Cenomanian,
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Trichoptera |
Family: | †Dysoneuridae |
Genus: | †Cretapsyche Wichard et al., 2018[1] |
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The genus includes the three species C. circula, C. elegans and C. insueta.
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edit- ^ Wichard, W.; Neumann, C.; Müller, P.; Wang, B. (2018). "Family Dysoneuridae (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 82: 138–146. Bibcode:2018CrRes..82..138W. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.008.