Odontoceridae is a family of mortarjoint casemakers 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 ...
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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 Odontoceridae is ''
Odontocerum'' W.E. Leach, 1815.
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Genera
* '' Barynema'' Banks, 1939
* '' Barypenthus'' Burmeister, 1839
* '' Inthanopsyche'' Malicky, 1989
* '' Lannapsyche'' Malicky, 1989
* '' Marilia'' Mueller, 1880
* '' Namamyia'' Banks, 1905
* '' Nerophilus'' Banks, 1899
* '' Odontocerum'' Leach in Brewster, 1815
* '' Parthina'' Denning, 1954
* '' Perissoneura'' McLachlan, 1871
* '' Pseudogoera'' Carpenter, 1933
* '' Psilotreta'' Banks, 1899
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Trichoptera families
Integripalpia
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