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Xiphocentronidae

The Xiphocentronidae are 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. It contains nine genera, in three subfamilies: Since the subgenus Cnodocentron (Caenocentron) was elevated to genus level; and the Cretaceous fossil genus Palerasnitsynus was moved from Psychomyiidae to a new subfamily within Xiphocentronidae.

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

Proxiphocentroninae
Xiphocentroninae

The Xiphocentronidae are a family of caddisflies. It has previously been treated as a subfamily of Psychomyiidae,1 and has a broad distribution, including parts of Asia, Central Africa and the Americas.1 It contains nine genera, in three subfamilies:2 Since the subgenus Cnodocentron (Caenocentron) was elevated to genus level;3 and the Cretaceous fossil genus Palerasnitsynus was moved from Psychomyiidae to a new subfamily within Xiphocentronidae.2

† Palerasnitsyninae Wichard, 20232

Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 19823
Xiphocentroninae Ross, 19493
  • Abaria Mosely, 1948
  • Caenocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Cnodocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Drepanocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Machairocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Melanotrichia Ulmer, 1906
  • Xiphocentron Brauer, 1870
References

References

  1. David Dudgeon (1999). "Xiphocentronidae". Tropical Asian streams: zoobenthos, ecology and conservation. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 395–397. ISBN 978-962-209-469-7.
  2. Wichard, Wilfried (2023-11-02). "Fossil Trichoptera embedded in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Contributions to Entomology. 73 (2): 167–179. doi:10.3897/contrib.entomol.73.e110258. ISSN 2511-6428.
  3. Vilarino, Albane; Dias, Everton Santos; Bispo, Pitágoras Da Conceição (2021-12-23). "Phylogeny indicates polyphyly in Cnodocentron (Trichoptera: Xiphocentronidae): biogeography and revision of New World species (Caenocentron)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (4): 1341–1373. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab077. hdl:11449/218984. ISSN 0024-4082.