Platycentropus

Platycentropus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Limnephilidae
Subfamily:	Limnephilinae
Tribe:	Limnephilini
Genus:	Platycentropus Ulmer, 1905

Platycentropus is a genus of northern caddisflies in the family Limnephilidae. There are at least three described species in Platycentropus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Platycentropus:

• Platycentropus amicus (Hagen, 1861)
• Platycentropus indistinctus (Walker, 1852)
• Platycentropus radiatus (Say, 1824) (chocolate and cream sedge)

References

1. "Platycentropus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Platycentropus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Platycentropus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Morse, John C. (2019). "Trichoptera World Checklist". International Symposia on Trichoptera. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Merritt, Richard W.; Cummins, Kenneth W., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 978-0787232412.
• Houghton, D. C.; DeWalt, R. E.; Pytel, A. J.; Brandin, C. M.; et al. (2018). "Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities". ZooKeys (730): 57–74. Bibcode:2018ZooK..730...57H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.21776. PMC 5799788. PMID 29416396.
• Wiggins, Glenn B. (1996). Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1442655065.