Dicosmoecinae is a subfamily of
northern caddisflies in the family
Limnephilidae __NOTOC__
Limnephilidae is a family of caddisflies with about 100 genera. They belong to the main lineage of case-constructing caddisflies, the Integripalpia or tube-case caddisflies. The Limnephilidae is one of the most species-rich Trichoptera f ...
. There are about 19 genera and at least 80 described species in Dicosmoecinae.
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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 ...
for Dicosmoecinae is '' Dicosmoecus'' R. McLachlan, 1875.[
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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
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Etymology
The title of ''verger'' ...
'' Navas, 1918 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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