Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Middle Miocene of the Stavropol Region, Russia


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Abstract

A caddisfly fauna from the Middle Miocene of the Stavropol Region (Vishnevaya Balka and Temnolesskaya localities) is described. The formal species Limnephilus kaspievi (Martynova, 1939) is redescribed based on new material, including the hind wings. New genera, Miocenocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) and Calamostavropolia (Calamoceratidae), and eight new species of fossil Trichoptera are described: Limnephilus parakaspievi, L. metakaspievi, L. valliculacerasinus, L. antiquastepposus, Potamophylax martynovorum, Halesus miocenicus, Miocenocosmoecus silvacaliginosus, and Calamostavropolia revolutionaria.

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I. D. Sukatsheva

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: danil_aristov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117647

V. D. Ivanov

St. Petersburg State University

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Email: v--ivanov@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034

S. I. Melnitsky

St. Petersburg State University

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Email: simelnitsky@gmail.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034

D. S. Aristov

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences; Cherepovets State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: danil_aristov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117647; Cherepovets, Vologda oblast, 162600


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