Alloecentrella
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| Alloecentrella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Trichoptera |
| Family: | Calocidae |
| Genus: | Alloecentrella Wise, 1958 |
Alloecentrella is a genus of caddisflies belonging to the order Trichoptera.[1] The genus was first recognised by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1958.[2]
Wise originally considered the genus to be within the family Beraeidae.[2] The genus was created because Wise could not place the type specimen, Alloecentrella magnicornis, into any pre-existing genera due to morphological differences of the discoidal cell in the anterior wing of the species.[2] The genus was monotypic until 2007, when three new species were described.[3]
Since 1978 the genus has been placed in family Calocidae. Henderson & Ward (2007) argued that Alloecentrella should be placed within Helicophidae,[3] something supported by a phylogenetic analysis in 2008.[4]