Wormaldia

Wormaldia
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Philopotamidae
Genus: Wormaldia
McLachlan, 1865
Diversity
at least 140 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Dolophilus McLachlan, 1868

Wormaldia is a genus of fingernet caddisflies in the family Philopotamidae. There are more than 140 described species in Wormaldia.[1][2][3][4] Fossil species have been described from the Late Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Wormaldia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Wormaldia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Morse, John C. (2019). "Trichoptera World Checklist". International Symposia on Trichoptera. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Wang, Jiajia; Zhang, Weiting; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong (2021-10-01). "Two new mid-Cretaceous caddisflies (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae) from amber of Northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 126: 104891. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104891. ISSN 0195-6671.

Further reading

  • Media related to Wormaldia at Wikimedia Commons


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