Dysoneuridae is an extinct

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...

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 ...

, the caddisflies. The family was first described by I.D. Sukacheva (also spelled Sukatsheva) in 1968, and lived from the Middle Jurassic to mid-Cretaceous. In Wichard et al. (2018), the family is placed in the suborder

Integripalpia The Integripalpia are a suborder of 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 th ...

, in the superfamily Sericostomatoidea.

Genera

Dysoneuridae contains the following genera: *†'' Burmapsyche'' Wichard et al., 2018

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) **†''Burmapsyche comosa'' Wichard et al., 2018 **†''Burmapsyche palpsfurcata'' Wichard et al., 2018 *†'' Cretapsyche'' Wichard et al., 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian **†''Cretapsyche circula'' Wichard et al., 2018 **†''Cretapsyche elegans'' Wichard et al., 2018 **†''Cretapsyche insueta'' Wichard et al., 2018 *†'' Dysoneura'' Sukatsheva, 1968 **†''Dysoneura trifurcata'' Sukacheva 1968

Karabastau Formation The Karabastau Formation ( kk, Qarabastaý svıtasy) is a geological formation and lagerstätte in the Karatau Mountains of southern Kazakhstan whose strata date to the Middle to Late Jurassic. It is an important locality for insect fossils that ...

, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic **†''Dysoneura zherikhini'' Sukatsheva and Vassilenko 2013 Khaya Formation, Russia, Late Jurassic ( Tithonian) *†'' Khasurtia'' Sukatsheva & Vasilenko, 2019 Khasurty, Russia, Early Cretaceous ( Aptian) **†''Khasurtia alexeii'' Sukatsheva & Vasilenko, 2019 **†''Khasurtia kopylovi'' Sukatsheva & Vasilenko, 2019 **†''Khasurtia lukashevichae'' Sukatsheva & Vasilenko, 2019 *†'' Palaeoludus'' Sukatsheva & Jarzembowski, 2001 **†''Palaeoludus popovi'' Sukatsheva and Jarzembowski 2001

Durlston Formation The Durlston Formation is a geologic formation in England. Particularly in the Isle of Purbeck. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian stage of the Lower Cretaceous. Vertebrate paleobiota Crocodyliformes See also * List of f ...

, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (

Berriasian In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous. It is the oldest subdivision in the entire Cretaceous. It has been taken to span the time between 145.0 ± 4.0 Ma and 139.8 ± 3.0 Ma (million years ago ...

) *†'' Prochita'' Sukatsheva & Vassilenko, 2013 **†''Prochita rasnitsyni'' Sukatsheva and Vassilenko 2013 Doronino Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is precede ...

) *†'' Utania'' Sukatsheva, 1982 **†''Utania defecta'' Sukatsheva, 1982 Utan Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (

Hauterivian The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.9 ± 2 Ma and 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by the ...

) **†''Utania remissa'' Sukatsheva, 1990 Glushkovo Formation, Russia, Tithonian †'' Liadotaulius'' Handlirsch, 1939 (including ''Oncovena'' Novokshonov & Sukatsheva, 1995) previously was included in this family, but recently has been placed in Philopotamidae.

References

† † {{Trichoptera-stub Prehistoric insect families