Phylocentropus Explained

Phylocentropus is a genus of caddisflies in the family Dipseudopsidae. There are about 17 described species in Phylocentropus.

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Phylocentropus:

• Phylocentropus auriceps (Banks, 1905)
• Phylocentropus carolinus Carpenter, 1933
• Phylocentropus hansoni Root
• Phylocentropus harrisi Schuster & Hamilton, 1984
• Phylocentropus lucidus (Hagen, 1861)
• Phylocentropus narumonae Malicky & Chantaramongkol, 1997
• Phylocentropus orientalis Banks, 1931
• Phylocentropus placidus (Banks, 1905)
• Phylocentropus shigae Tsuda, 1942
• Phylocentropus simplex Ulmer, 1912
• Phylocentropus vietnamellus Mey, 1995
• † Phylocentropus antiquus Ulmer, 1912
• † Phylocentropus cretaceous Wichard & Bölling, 2000
• † Phylocentropus ligulatus Ulmer, 1912
• † Phylocentropus spiniger Ulmer, 1912
• † Phylocentropus succinolebanensis Wichard & Azar, 2018
• † Phylocentropus swolenskyi Wichard & Lüer, 2003

Fossil species are also known from the Barremian aged Lebanese amber and the Turonian aged New Jersey amber.

Further reading

• Book: An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. 2008. Merritt . Richard W.. Cummins . Kenneth W.. Kendall/Hunt. 978-0787232412.
• Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities. 2018. Houghton . D. C.. DeWalt . R. E.. Pytel . A. J.. Brandin . C. M.. Rogers . S. E.. Ruiter . D. E.. Bright . E.. Hudson . P. L.. Armitage . B. J.. 4. ZooKeys. 730. 57–74. 10.3897/zookeys.730.21776. 5799788. 29416396. free.
• Book: Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). 1996. Wiggins . Glenn B.. University of Toronto Press. 978-1442655065.