Brachycentridae

Brachycentridae
Brachycentrus sp. larva in case
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Superfamily: Phryganeoidea
Family: Brachycentridae
Ulmer, 1903
Micrasema

Brachycentridae is a family of humpless casemaker caddisflies in the order Trichoptera. It is found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Georg Ulmer first described it in Germany in 1903 as a subfamily of Sericostomatidae.[1] The type genus for Brachycentridae is Brachycentrus J. Curtis, 1834.[2]

  1. ^ Ulmer, p. 18.
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