The Xiphocentronidae are a family of caddisflies. It has previously been treated as a subfamily of Psychomyiidae, and has a broad distribution, including parts of Asia, Central Africa and the Americas.[1] It contains seven genera,[1] in two subfamilies:
| Xiphocentronidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Trichoptera |
| Suborder: | Annulipalpia |
| Superfamily: | Hydropsychoidea |
| Family: | Xiphocentronidae Schmid, 1982 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Proxiphocentroninae | |
- Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982 [2]
- Proxiphocentron Schmid, 1982
- Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949 [3]
- Abaria Mosely, 1948
- Cnodocentron Schmid, 1982
- Drepanocentron Schmid, 1982
- Machairocentron Schmid, 1982
- Melanotrichia Ulmer, 1906
- Xiphocentron Brauer, 1870
References edit
- ^ a b David Dudgeon (1999). "Xiphocentronidae". Tropical Asian streams: zoobenthos, ecology and conservation. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 395–397. ISBN 978-962-209-469-7.
- ^ "Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
- ^ "Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
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