Cretapsyche

Extinct genus of caddisflies

Cretapsyche Temporal range: Cenomanian, 100.5–93.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	†Dysoneuridae
Genus:	†Cretapsyche Wichard et al., 2018^[1]
Species
†Cretapsyche circula Wichard et al., 2018 †Cretapsyche elegans Wichard et al., 2018 †Cretapsyche insueta Wichard et al., 2018

Cretapsyche is an extinct genus of caddisflies in the extinct family Dysoneuridae. It is from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) and specimens are from Burmese amber.

The genus includes the three species C. circula, C. elegans and C. insueta.

References

^ Wichard, W.; Neumann, C.; Müller, P.; Wang, B. (2018). "Family Dysoneuridae (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 82: 138–146. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.008.