Apataniidae is a family of early smoky wing sedges in the order

Trichoptera The caddisflies, or order Trichoptera, are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and Annulipalpia on the b ...

. There are about 18 genera and at least 180 described species in Apataniidae. The

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal f ...

for Apataniidae is '' Apatania'' F. Kolenati, 1848.

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