Rhyacophilidae

Rhyacophilidae

Rhyacophila fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Suborder:	Spicipalpia
Superfamily:	Rhyacophiloidea
Family:	Rhyacophilidae Stephens, 1836
Genera
Fansipangana Himalopsyche Philocrena Rhyacophila

The Rhyacophilidae are a family in the insect order of Trichoptera. Larvae of this family are free living and most species are predatory. The largest genus is Rhyacophila, with near 500 species distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

External links

Video of Rhyacophilid larva from Austria

Extant Trichoptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota

Suborder Annulipalpia

Hydropsychoidea	Arctopsychidae (net-spinning caddisflies) Dipseudopsidae Ecnomidae Hydropsychidae (net-spinning caddisflies) Polycentropodidae (trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies) Psychomyiidae (trumpet-net and tube-making caddisflies) Xiphocentronidae

Philopotamoidea	Philopotamidae (finger-net and silken-tube spinner caddisflies) Stenopsychidae

Suborder Integripalpia

Leptoceroidea	Atriplectididae Calamoceratidae Leptoceridae (long-horned caddisflies) Limnocentropodidae Molannidae Odontoceridae Philorhethridae

Limnephiloidea	Apataniidae Brachycentridae Goeridae Lepidostomatidae Limnephilidae (northern caddisflies) Oeconescidae Pisuliidae Rossianidae Uenoidae

Phyrganeoidea (giant caddisflies)	Phryganeidae Phyrganopsychidae Plectrotarsidae

Sericostomatoidea	Anomalopsychidae Antipodoeciidae Barbarochthonidae Beraeidae Calocidae Chathamiidae (marine caddisflies) Conoesucidae Helicophidae Helicopsychidae (snail-case caddisflies) Hydrosalpingidae Kokiriidae Sericostomatidae Petrothrincidae

Tasmioidea	Tasimiidae

Suborder Spicipalpia

Glossosomatoidea	Glossosomatidae Pticolepidae

Hydroptiloidea	Hydroptilidae (microcaddisflies or purse-case caddisflies)

Rhyacophiloidea (primitive caddisflies)	Hydrobiosidae Rhyacophilidae

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