Xiphocentronidae

The Xiphocentronidae are a family of caddisflies. It has previously been treated as a subfamily of Psychomyiidae, and has a broad distribution, including parts of Asia, Central Africa and the Americas.[1] It contains seven genera,[1] in two subfamilies:

Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982 [2]
Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949 [3]
  • Abaria Mosely, 1948
  • Cnodocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Drepanocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Machairocentron Schmid, 1982
  • Melanotrichia Ulmer, 1906
  • Xiphocentron Brauer, 1870

Xiphocentronidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Trichoptera
Suborder:
Annulipalpia
Superfamily:
Hydropsychoidea
Family:
Xiphocentronidae

Schmid, 1982
Subfamilies

Proxiphocentroninae
Xiphocentroninae

References
  1. David Dudgeon (1999). "Xiphocentronidae". Tropical Asian streams: zoobenthos, ecology and conservation. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 395–397. ISBN 978-962-209-469-7.
  2. "Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  3. "Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 8, 2011.


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