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Glossosomatidae
| Description | The Glossosomatidae are a family of the class Insecta and order Trichoptera.The family contains 23 genera in three subfamilies. In the US alone, there are 76 spp. in 6 different genera. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossosomatidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Trichoptera : Glossosomatidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Trichoptera : Glossosomatidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Glossosomatidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (28%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 152 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Stenhusnattsländor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossosomatidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Agapetinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dajellinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Agapetus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anagapetus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Campsiophora genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Canoptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cariboptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Catagapetus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cubanoptila genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Culoptila genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dajella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Electragapetus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Glossosoma genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Itauara genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mastigoptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Matrioptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Merionoptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mexitrichia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mortoniella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nepaloptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Padunia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Poeciloptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Protoptila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Scotiotrichia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Synagapetus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Temburongpsyche genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tolhuaca genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1891 | Glossosomatidae Wallgren |
| 1992 | Glossosomatidae Carpenter |
| 2009 | Glossosomatidae Wichard et al. p. 294 |
| 2013 | Glossosomatidae Wichard p. 18 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
