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Macronematinae
Macronematinae is a subfamily level taxon consisting of net-spinning caddisflies whose larvae use webs to catch prey drifting in flowing waterways. It is part of the Animalia kingdom and was catalogued by Ulmer in 1905.
17 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Glossy Wing Sedges
genusMacrostemum

Leptonema
genusLeptonema

Macronema
genusMacronema

Amphipsyche
genusAmphipsyche

Polymorphanisus
genusPolymorphanisus

Synoestropsis
genusSynoestropsis

Aethaloptera
genusAethaloptera

Centromacronema
genusCentromacronema

Pseudoleptonema
genusPseudoleptonema

Baliomorpha
genusBaliomorpha
Oestropsyche
genusOestropsyche

Blepharopus
genusBlepharopus

Plectromacronema
genusPlectromacronema

Protomacronema
genusProtomacronema
Leptopsyche
genusLeptopsyche
Pseudomacronema
genusPseudomacronema
Trichomacronema
genusTrichomacronema
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 606874.