Philopotamidae {family} - Arthropoda; Insecta; Trichoptera;

Philopotamidae is a family of insects in the order Trichoptera, the caddisflies. They are known commonly as the finger-net caddisflies. The aquatic larvae of these caddisflies spin mesh nets of silk in flowing water to catch food. A larva can spin over a kilometer of extremely thin silk to create its intricate net. Subfamilies and genera include: Subfamily Chimarrinae Chimarra Chimarrhodella Subfamily Paulianodinae Paulianodes Subfamily Philopotaminae Cabreraia Cryptobiosella Doloclanes Dolomyia Dolophilodes Dolopsyche Edidiehlia Gunungiella Hydrobiosella Kisaura Neobiosella Philopotamus Wormaldia Xenobiosella full article at Wikipedia

Specimen Records:	6,565	Public Records:	4,598
Specimens with Sequences:	5,741	Public Species:	430
Specimens with Barcodes:	5,297	Public BINs:	589
Species:	513
Species With Barcodes:	405
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Costa Rica 1320 Thailand 100 New Zealand 36 United States 1266 Venezuela 73 Japan 35 Canada 764 Germany 72 Solomon Islands 35 South Africa 405 Mexico 59 Ecuador 27 Australia 213 Colombia 57 China 27 Indonesia 146 Portugal 43 Peru 27 Brazil 145 Spain 40