Spicipalpia

Spicipalpia
Rhyacophila dorsalis, a member of Spicipalpia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Suborder: Spicipalpia
Superfamilies

Rhyacophiloidea
Hydroptiloidea

The Spicipalpia are a suborder of Trichoptera, the caddisflies.[1] The four families included in this suborder all have the character of pointed maxillary palps in the adults. The larvae of the different families have varying lifestyles, from free-living to case-making, but all construct cases in their final larval instar for pupation or at an earlier instar as a precocial pupation behavior. Although recognized under some phylogenies, molecular analysis has shown this group is likely paraphyletic.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Holzenthal, R.W. (2009). "Trichoptera (Caddisflies)". Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. Academic Press: 456–457. doi:10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00189-7.
  2. ↑ Malm, T.; Johanson, K.A.; Wahlberg, N. (2013). "The evolutionary history of Trichoptera (Insecta): A caseof successful adaptation to life in freshwater". Systematic Entomology. 38: 459–473. doi:10.1111/syen.12016.


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