Melnitsky S.I., Ivanov V.D. 2023. Plectrocnemia zolotuhini sp.n., a new fossil species of Polycentropodidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Eocene Rovno amber // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.22. No.3: 162–164 [in English].
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, St.-Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Nab. 7/9, Saint Petersburg 199034 Russia. E-mail: simelnitsky@yandex.ru, v--ivanov@yandex.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.22.03.08
ABSTRACT. A new caddisfly species Plectrocnemia zolotuhini Melnitsky, Ivanov, sp.n. (Polycentropodidae) is described and illustrated from Rovno amber (Upper Eocene, 37 million years old). Now the family Polycentropodidae is represented in Rovno amber by 18 species, and the genus Plectrocnemia includes 7 species.
KEY WORDS: fossil, resins, Trichoptera, caddisflies, Polycentropodidae, Plectrocnemia, paleontology, taxonomy, Eocene.
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