Xiphocentronidae

Xiphocentronidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Suborder: Annulipalpia
Superfamily: Hydropsychoidea
Family: Xiphocentronidae
Schmid, 1982
Subfamilies

Proxiphocentroninae
Xiphocentroninae

Xiphocentronidae is a family of caddisflies. It has previously been treated as a subfamily of Psychomyiidae, and has a broad distribution, including parts of Asia, Central Africa and the Americas.[1] It contains seven genera,[1] in two subfamilies:

Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982 [2]
Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949 [3]

References

  1. ^ a b David Dudgeon (1999). "Xiphocentronidae". Tropical Asian streams: zoobenthos, ecology and conservation. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 395–397. ISBN 9789622094697. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Iqkx1anCk_gC&pg=PA395. 
  2. ^ "Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=598197. Retrieved April 8, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=598198. Retrieved April 8, 2011.