Prochita is an extinct genus of caddisflies in the family Dysoneuridae. It contains only one species, Prochita rasnitsyni. The genus is known from the Upper Jurassic—Lower Cretaceous of the Transbaikal region of Russia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Trichoptera |
| Family: | †Dysoneuridae |
| Genus: | †Prochita Sukatsheva & Vassilenko, 2013[1] |
| Species: | †P. rasnitsyni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Prochita rasnitsyni Sukatsheva & Vassilenko, 2013[1]
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The genus is named after the city of Chita, and the species is named after the Russian paleoentomologist Alexandr Rasnitsyn.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Sukatsheva, I.D.; Vassilenko, D.V. (2013). "New taxa of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) with reduced forewing venation from the Mesozoic of Asia". Paleontological Journal. 47 (1): 77–83. doi:10.1134/S0031030113010139.
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