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Polycentropodidae
Description | The Polycentropodidae are a family of trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies. There are at least 30 genera and 720 described species in Polycentropodidae. The type genus for Polycentropodidae is Polycentropus J. Curtis, 1835. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycentropodidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Trichoptera : Polycentropodidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Trichoptera : Polycentropodidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Polycentropodidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 146 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 9 (6.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | Fångstnätnattsländor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycentropodidae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Polycentropodinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 70 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Adectophylax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Antillopsyche genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Archaeoneureclipsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Archaeopolycentra ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Cernotina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Cyrnellus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cyrnodes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cyrnopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cyrnus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Derobrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Electrocyrnus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Eoclipsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Eodipseudopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eoneureclipsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hnamadawgyia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Holocentropus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 98 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Kambaitipsyche genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Leptobrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Litobrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Mesobrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Neucentropus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Neureclipsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Neurocentropus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nyctiophylacodes ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Nyctiophylax genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 43 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Pahamunaya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paladicella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Paranyctiophylax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Plectrocentropus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Plectrocnemia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 94 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Plectrocnemiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polycentropus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Polylongaevus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Polyplectropus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudoneureclipsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tasmanoplegas genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tinodes genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1906 | Polycentropodidae Ulmer p. 83 |
1992 | Polycentropodidae Carpenter |
2009 | Polycentropodidae Wichard et al. p. 295 |
2011 | Polycentropodidae Chamorro and Holzenthal p. 227 |
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!