Chathamiidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Trichoptera
Subordo: Integripalpia
Superfamilia: Sericostomatoidea

Familia: Chathamiidae
Genera (2): Chathamia – Philanisus
Name

Chathamiidae Tillyard, 1925
Synonymy

Philanisidae Mosely & Kimmins, 1953 [syn. Riek (1976)]

References

Riek, E.F. 1977. The marine caddisfly family Chathamiidae (Trichoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15(4): 405–419. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01724.x Reference page.

Chathamiidae is a family of case making caddisflies more commonly known as the marine caddisflies. Chathamiids are unique among insects in their invasion of the tide pool environment. Larvae construct their cases of coralline algae. The four described species are distributed along the coasts of New Zealand, New South Wales, and the Chatham Islands.
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