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Philopotamidae
Description | Philopotamidae is a family of insects in the order Trichoptera, the caddisflies. They are known commonly as the finger-net caddisflies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philopotamidae, 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 : Philopotamidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Trichoptera : Philopotamidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | finger-net caddisfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Philopotamidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 9 (14%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. F. Stephens. 1829. The Nomenclature of British Insects: Being a Compendious List of such Species as are Contained in the Systematic Catalogue of British Insects and Forming a Guide to their Classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Finger-net Caddisfly, Finger-net Caddisflies, Stengömmenattsländor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philopotamidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Philopotaminae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 37 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Alterosa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Archiphilopotamus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Arkharia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Aymaradella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Baga genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cabreraia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chimarra genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Chimarrhodella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cryptobiosella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Doloclanes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dolomyia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dolophilodes genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Dolophilus genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Dolopsyche genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Edidiehlia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Electracanthinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Fumonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gunungiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hydrobiosella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Juraphilopotamus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Kempia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Kisaura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kulickiella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Liadotaulius ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Mesoviatrix ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Neobiosella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Philopotamus genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Philopotamus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Prophilopotamus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Prophiloptamus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Sisko genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ulmerodina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Wormaldia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Xenobiosella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chimarrodella tobagoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1829 | Philopotamidae Stephens p. 28 |
1992 | Philopotamidae Carpenter |
2009 | Philopotamidae Wichard et al. p. 294 |
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!