Culoptila plummerensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhyacophiloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Culoptila plummerensis

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]