Biology:Dicosmoecinae

Short description: Subfamily of caddisflies

Dicosmoecinae
Ironoquia plattensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Limnephilidae
Subfamily:	Dicosmoecinae Schmid, 1955

Dicosmoecinae is a subfamily of northern caddisflies in the family Limnephilidae. There are about 19 genera and at least 80 described species in Dicosmoecinae.

The type genus for Dicosmoecinae is Dicosmoecus R. McLachlan, 1875.

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the subfamily Dicosmoecinae:

• Allocosmoecus Banks, 1943 ^{i c g}
• Amphicosmoecus Schmid, 1955 ^{i c g}
• Anomalocosmoecus Schmid, 1957 ^{i c g}
• Antarctoecia Ulmer, 1907 ^{i c g}
• Archaeophylax Kimmins in Mosely & Kimmins, 1953 ^{i c g}
• Austrocosmoecus Schmid, 1955 ^{i c g}
• Cryptochia Ross, 1950 ^{i c g}
• Dicosmoecus McLachlan, 1875 ^{i c g b} (October caddis)
• Ecclisocosmoecus Schmid, 1964 ^{i c g}
• Ecclisomyia Banks, 1907 ^{i c g}
• Eocosmoecus Wiggins & Richardson, 1989 ^{i c g}
• Evanophanes Banks, 1940 ^{i c g}
• Ironoquia Banks, 1916 ^{i c g b}
• Metacosmoecus Schmid, 1955 ^{i c g}
• Monocosmoecus Ulmer, 1906 ^{i c g}
• Nothopsyche Banks, 1906 ^{i c g}
• Onocosmoecus Banks, 1943 ^{i c g b}
• Platycosmoecus Schmid, 1964 ^{i c g}
• Verger Navas, 1918 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt. 2008. ISBN 978-0787232412. 
• Houghton, D. C.; DeWalt, R. E.; Pytel, A. J.; Brandin, C. M. et al. (2018). "Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities". ZooKeys (730): 57–74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.21776. PMID 29416396. 
• Wiggins, Glenn B. (1996). Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1442655065. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15965503 entry