Limnephilus metakaspievi Ivanov and Melnitsky 2018 (caddisfly)

Insecta - Trichoptera - Limnephilidae

Full reference: V. D. Ivanov and S. I. Melnitsky. 2018. Taxonomic names, in Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Middle Miocene of the Stavropol Region, Russia. Paleontological Journal 52:1593-1609

Belongs to Limnephilus according to V. D. Ivanov and S. I. Melnitsky 2018

Sister taxa: Limnephilus antiquastepposus, Limnephilus eocenicus, Limnephilus kaspievi, Limnephilus kudiensis, Limnephilus parakaspievi, Limnephilus recultus, Limnephilus valliculacerasinus

Type specimen: PIN 254/1929, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Temnolesskaya Station, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Temnolesskaya Station, Stavropol (PIN collection 254)

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