Overview
Glossosomatidae is a family of the class Insecta and order Trichoptera.
Taxonomy
The Family Glossosomatidae is a member of the Superfamily Hydroptiloidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Glossosomatidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Order: Trichoptera
W. Kirby, 1813 - Caddisflies
- Superfamily: Hydroptiloidea
J.F. Stephens, 1836
- Family: Glossosomatidae H.D.J. Wallengren, 1891
- Superfamily: Hydroptiloidea
J.F. Stephens, 1836
- Order: Trichoptera
W. Kirby, 1813 - Caddisflies
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Glossosomatidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (3): Agapetinae · Glossosomatinae · Protoptilinae
- Tribe (2): Anagapetini · Glossosomatini
- Genus (24): Agapetus · Anagapetus · Campsiophora · Canoptila · Cariboptila · Catagapetus · Cubanoptila · Culoptila · Electragapetus · Glossosoma · Itauara · Mastigoptila · Matrioptila · Merionoptila · Mexitrichia · Mortoniella · Nepaloptila · Padunia · Poeciloptila · Protoptila · Scotiotrichia · Synagapetus · Temburongpsyche · Tolhuaca
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 551 species and subspecies in the Family Glossosomatidae.
Genera
Agapetus
Agapetus can be: [more]
Anagapetus
Campsiophora
Canoptila
Cariboptila
Catagapetus
Cubanoptila
Culoptila
Electragapetus
Glossosoma
Itauara
Mastigoptila
Matrioptila
Merionoptila
Mexitrichia
Mortoniella
Nepaloptila
Padunia
Poeciloptila
Protoptila
Scotiotrichia
Synagapetus
Temburongpsyche
Tolhuaca
Tolhuaca Volcano is a stratovolcano located in the northern part of the Araucan?a Region of Chile. The volcano has been shaped by glacial erosion, which contrasts with the relatively smooth slopes of its neighbor Lonquimay, due to the younger age of this latter volcano. [more]
More info about the Genus Tolhuaca may be found here.
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