Melnitsky S.I., Ivanov V.D.

Two new species of the genus Archaeopolycentra (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from Cretaceous Taimyr amber

Number: 444, Pages: 1 - 7

Two new caddisfly species Archaeopolycentra turvalsia sp. n. and Archaeopolycentra achupomotet sp. n. (Polycentropodidae) from Late Cretaceous Taymyr amber (Santonian, Kheta Formation, 85 Ma) are described and illustrated.  Totally, now the list of caddisflies from Taymyr amber includes 13 species, and the family Polycentropodidae is represented by five species.

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