Psychomyiidae
Encyclopedia
Psychomyiidae is a family
level taxon consisting of trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies. Members of this family are typically very similar to polycentropodids
, but usually differ in leg characters. Larvae also tend to construct silken tubes.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
level taxon consisting of trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies. Members of this family are typically very similar to polycentropodids
Polycentropodidae
Polycentropodidae is a family level taxon consisting of trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies....
, but usually differ in leg characters. Larvae also tend to construct silken tubes.