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Arctopsychidae

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Family of caddisflies

Arctopsychidae
Adult Arctopsychidae sp
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Superfamily: Hydropsychoidea
Family: Arctopsychidae
McLachlan, 1868

The Arctopsychidae are a family of net-spinning caddisflies. The family was described by Robert McLachlan in 1868. Larvae tend to live in clear, cold streams with stony bottoms. The larvae are often filter feeders, and will spin aquatic nets between stones to catch food particles. Adults will then emerge from the water to fly between late May and mid August. Distribution is Holarctic and Oriental.

Genera

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 16, 1997). "Arctopsychidae". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  2. University of Alberta Entomology Collection(Accessed 4 May 2007) Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Extant Trichoptera families
Suborder Annulipalpia
Hydropsychoidea
Philopotamoidea
Suborder Integripalpia
Leptoceroidea
Limnephiloidea
Phyrganeoidea
(giant caddisflies)
Sericostomatoidea
Tasimioidea
Suborder Spicipalpia
Hydroptiloidea
Rhyacophiloidea
(primitive caddisflies)
Taxon identifiers
Arctopsychidae
Arctopsychinae


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