Culoptila aguilerai

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Culoptila aguilerai
Fossil range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Glossosomatidae
Genus: Culoptila
Species: C. aguilerai
Binomial name
Culoptila aguilerai
Wichard et al., 2006

Culoptila aguilerai is a species of caddisfly, known from fossils preserved in Mexican amber. The species is named after Eliseo Palacios Aguilera.

[edit] References

  • Wichard, Wilfried, Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer & Claus Luer (2006-12-11). "First caddisfly species from Mexican amber (Insecta: Trichoptera)". Zootaxa 1378: 37–48.