Dicosmoecinae

Dicosmoecinae is a subfamily of northern caddisflies in the family Limnephilidae. There are about 19 genera and at least 80 described species in Dicosmoecinae.[1][2]

Dicosmoecinae
Ironoquia plattensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Limnephilidae
Subfamily:	Dicosmoecinae Schmid, 1955

The type genus for Dicosmoecinae is Dicosmoecus R. McLachlan, 1875.[1]

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 Navas, 1918 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

1. "Dicosmoecinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
2. "Dicosmoecinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
3. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-26.
4. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-26.

Further reading

• Merritt, Richard W.; Cummins, Kenneth W., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 978-0787232412.
• Houghton, D. C.; DeWalt, R. E.; Pytel, A. J.; Brandin, C. M.; et al. (2018). "Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities". ZooKeys (730): 57–74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.21776. PMC 5799788. PMID 29416396.
• Wiggins, Glenn B. (1996). Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1442655065.

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