Plenitentoria
Ralph W. Holzenthal, Aysha Prather, and Karl Kjer![taxon links](/Public/treeImages/Plenitentoria.png?x=-1511211823)
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Ross (1967) divided the Integripalpia into a Limnephiloid branch and a Leptoceroid branch, and Weaver (1984) named these branches Plenitentoria and Brevitentoria, respectively.Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
The Plenitentoria have been supported by both morphological (Weaver 1984; Frania and Wiggins, 1997) and molecular data (Kjer et al. 2001, 2002; Holzenthal et al., 2007), although the molecular analyses include the Kokiriidae. Partitioned analyses of nuclear rRNA, Elongation Factor 1 alpha, and mitochodrial COI amino acids all independently support Plenitentoria (Kjer et al. 2001).References
Frania, H.E. & Wiggins, G.B. (1997) Analysis of morphological and behavioural evidence for the phylogeny and higher classification of Trichoptera (Insecta). Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum, 160, 1–67.
Holzenthal, R.W., Blahnik, R.J., Kjer, K.M. & Prather, A.P. (2007) An update on the phylogeny of caddisflies (Trichoptera).In: Bueno-Soria, J., Barba-Alvarez, R. & Armitage, B. (Eds.) Proceedings of the XIIth International Symposium on Trichoptera. The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio, pp. 143–153.
Kjer, K.M., Blahnik, R.J. & Holzenthal, R.W. (2001) Phylogeny of Trichoptera (caddisflies): characterization of signal and noise within multiple datasets. Systematic Biology, 50, 781–816.
Kjer, K.M., Blahnik, R.J. & Holzenthal, R.W. (2002) Phylogeny of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera). Zoologica Scripta,31, 83–91.
Ross, H.H. (1967) The evolution and past dispersal of the Trichoptera. Annual Review of Entomology, 12, 169–206.
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Scientific Name | Lepidostoma pictile |
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Location | Great Smokey Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
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Ralph W. Holzenthal
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Aysha Prather
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karl Kjer
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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