Dipseudopsidae is a family of caddisflies in the order Trichoptera. There are about 6 genera and at least 110 described species in Dipseudopsidae.[1][2][3][4]

Dipseudopsidae
Temporal range: Barremian–Recent
Phylocentropus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Suborder: Annulipalpia
Family: Dipseudopsidae
Ulmer, 1904

The type genus for Dipseudopsidae is Dipseudopsis F. Walker, 1852.[1] The oldest fossils are of the extant genus Phylocentropus, from the Barremian aged Lebanese amber.[5]

Phylocentropus

Genera

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These six genera belong to the family Dipseudopsidae:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dipseudopsidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Dipseudopsidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ^ a b "Dipseudopsidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. ^ a b "Dipseudopsidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. ^ Wichard, Wilfried; Azar, Dany (June 2016). "First caddisflies (Trichoptera) in Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 107 (2–3): 213–217. doi:10.1017/S1755691017000354. ISSN 1755-6910. S2CID 135437868.

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