Psychomyiidae

Psychomyiidae
Psychomyia pusilla larva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Psychomyiidae
Walker, 1852
Subfamilies
Tinodes assimilis

The Psychomyiidae are a family of tube-making caddisflies. Members of this family are typically very similar to polycentropodids, most of them can be differentiated by the spur formula is 2-4-4, thyridial cell short, absence of the forewing fork I, and hindwing forks I and IV (except in Eoneureclipsis). Male genitalia has elongate preanal appendages, and reduced tergum IX.[1] The larvae differ by the submental sclerites separated, foretrochantin broad, and the pupal mandible apex whip-like.[2][3] Larvae construct long silken galleries.

The type genus for Psychomyiidae is Psychomyia P.A. Latreille, 1829.[4]

Psychomyiella Ulmer, 1908 is considered a junior synonym of Psychomyiia.[5] Phylogenetic analysis of Johanson & Espeland (2010) found the genus Zelandoptila Tillyard, 1924 placed within the family Ecnomidae although the genus was previously placed in Psychomyiidae.[6]

Tinodes waeneri
  1. ^ Li, Y.J.; Morse (1997). "Phylogeny and classification of Psychomyiidae (Trichoptera) genera". Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Trichoptera: 271–276.
  2. ^ Holzenthal, Ralph W.; Chamorro, Maria Lourdes (2011-11-18). "Phylogeny of Polycentropodidae Ulmer, 1903 (Trichoptera : Annulipalpia : Psychomyioidea) inferred from larval, pupal and adult characters". Invertebrate Systematics. 25 (3): 219–253. doi:10.1071/IS10024. ISSN 1447-2600.
  3. ^ Nakamura, Masatoshi; Torii, Takaaki (2016-08-09). "DNA identification and morphological description of the larva of Eoneureclipsis montanus (Trichoptera, Psychomyiidae)". Zoosymposia. 10: 424–431. doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.10.1.39. ISSN 1178-9913.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference itis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Malicky, H. (1993). "Neue asiatische Köcherfliegen(Trichoptera: Philopotamidae, Polycentropodidae,Psychomyidae, Ecnomidae, Hydropsychidae,Leptoceridae)" (PDF). Linzer Biol. Beitr. 25 (2): 1115.
  6. ^ Johanson, Kjell A.; Espeland, Marianne (2010). "Phylogeny of the Ecnomidae (Insecta: Trichoptera)". Cladistics. 26 (1): 36–48. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00276.x. S2CID 83990680.