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Leptoceridae
Leptocerus interruptus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Superfamily: Leptoceroidea
Family: Leptoceridae
Leach in Brewster, 1815
Ceraclea dissimilis
Triaenodes

The family Leptoceridae are a family of caddisflies often called "long-horned caddisflies". Leptoceridae is the second largest family of caddisflies with more than 1500 species in around 45 genera. [1] The main identifying feature of most Leptoceridae is that their antennae are longer than those of other caddisflies. There is one genus with short antennae (Ceraclea), but it is easily identified by the pair of dark curved lines on the mesonotum.

The type genus for Leptoceridae is Leptocerus W.E. Leach, 1815. [2]

Genera

These 53 genera belong to the family Leptoceridae:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [2] c = Catalogue of Life, [3] g = GBIF, [4] b = Bugguide.net [5]

References

  1. ^ Holzenthal & Oliveira Pes (2004). "A new genus of long-horned caddisfly from the Amazon basin (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae: Grumichellini)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 621: 1–16.
  2. ^ a b "Leptoceridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. ^ "Browse Leptoceridae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  4. ^ "Leptoceridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ^ "Leptoceridae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

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