Ceraclea
Ceraclea dissimilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Trichoptera
Family: Leptoceridae
Genus: Ceraclea
Stephens, 1829
Subgenera
  • Ceraclea (Athripsodina) Kimmins, 1963
  • Ceraclea (Ceraclea) Stephens, 1829
  • Ceraclea (Pseudoleptocerus) Ulmer, 1907
Diversity
at least 140 species

Ceraclea is a genus of long-horned caddisflies in the family Leptoceridae. There are more than 140 described species in Ceraclea.[1][2][3][4]

Ceraclea nigronervosa

Though this genus lacks the long antennae of other Leptoceridae, it can be easily identified by the distinctive wart pattern on its thorax: two curving bars running from the pronotum to the scutellum.

See also

References

  1. "Ceraclea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Ceraclea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Morse, John C. (2019). "Trichoptera World Checklist". International Symposia on Trichoptera. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Media related to Ceraclea at Wikimedia Commons
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