Vshivkova, T.S., Morse J. C., Ruiter D.
В издании Proceedings of the XII International Symposium on Trichoptera
Год: 2007 Страницы: 309-319
A world revision of the family Limnephilidae (Trichoptera: Integripalpia) was undertaken as a necessary step to determine the position, structure, and phylogeny of the genus Limnephilus and family-group taxa for which it is nominotypical. The family Limnephilidae sensu lato and included taxa were analyzed with modern phylogenetic techniques. For the phylogenetic analysis, morphological characters of adults and immature stages were used, including traditionally used characters and some that have been poorly investigated or never studied. As a result of the analysis, new hypotheses of relationships are proposed among Plenitentoria taxa. For the first time, monophyly is inferred for the following taxa: superfamily Limnephiloidea, family Limnephilidae, subfamily Limnephilinae, tribe Limnephilini, and Limnephilus sensu stricto. Some other family-group taxa are distinguished based on high bootstrap support, unreversed synapomorphies, and/or topography, including a new family-group category for Trichoptera, "Branch," more inclusive than the family category and less inclusive than the superfamily category.
