Culoptila plummerensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhyacophiloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Trichoptera
Subordo: Annulipalpia
Superfamilia: Rhyacophiloidea

Familia: Glossosomatidae
Subfamilia: Protoptilinae
Genus: Culoptila
Species:

Name

Culoptila plummerensis Blahnik & Holzenthal, 2006

Type locality: USA, Maryland, Plummers Island.

Holotype: NMNH. male. UMSP000206886. 24.VI.1902. R.P. Currie.

Etymology

This species is named for Plummers' Island, Maryland, where the holotype specimen wascollected. The holotype specimen was selected from among specimens designated as paratypes for Protoptila cantha (now Culoptila cantha) by Ross (1938)

References

  • Blahnik, Roger J. & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2006, Zootaxa 1233: 1–52 [1]