Culoptila aguilerai is a species of caddisfly, known from fossils preserved in Mexican amber. The species is named after Eliseo Palacios Aguilera.
Culoptila aguilerai Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Trichoptera |
Family: | Glossosomatidae |
Genus: | Culoptila |
Species: | C. aguilerai
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Binomial name | |
Culoptila aguilerai Wichard et al., 2006
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References
edit- Wichard, Wilfried; Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer & Claus Luer (2006-12-11). "First caddisfly species from Mexican amber (Insecta: Trichoptera)". Zootaxa. 1378: 37–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1378.1.3.