Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family incertae sedis Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Trichoptera Scientific name Sanctipaulus mendesi | |
Genus Sanctipaulus
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Sanctipaulus mendesi is a species of fossil caddisfly, known from a single specimen. It was found in the Geopark of Paleorrota in Santa Maria Formation in rocks dating from the Triassic. It was found in 1955 in a shipment made by Irajá Damiani Pinto.
Morphology
The specimen consists of only one wing. It was initially classified as Derbidae (Auchenorrhyncha), but was subsequently reclassified.
References
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