''Polyplectropus'' is a genus of
caddisflies belonging to the family
Polycentropodidae
The Polycentropodidae are a family of trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies. There are at least 30 genera and 720 described species in Polycentropodidae. The type genus for Polycentropodidae is '' Polycentropus'' J. Curtis, 1835.
The larvae ...
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Taxonomy
The genus was first identified in 1905 by German entomologist
Georg Ulmer
Georg Ulmer (5 March 1877, in Hamburg – 15 January 1963, in Hamburg) was a German entomologist who specialized in research of Trichoptera (caddisflies) and Ephemeroptera (mayflies).
In 1899 he qualified as an instructor, and up until 1934 ...
, who named ''
P. flavicornis'' the
type species.
In 2010, the genus ''Eodipseudopsis'' Marlier, 1959 was synonymised with ''Polyplectropus''.
Distribution
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
References
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Trichoptera genera
Taxa described in 1905
Trichoptera
Taxa named by Georg Ulmer