Psychomyiidae

The Psychomyiidae are a family of tube-making caddisflies. Members of this family are typically very similar to polycentropodids, most of them can be differentiated by the spur formula is 2-4-4, thyridial cell short, absence of the forewing fork I, and hindwing forks I and IV (except in Eoneureclipsis). Male genitalia has elongate preanal appendages, and reduced tergum IX.^[1] The larvae differ by the submental sclerites separated, foretrochantin broad, and the pupal mandible apex whip-like.^[2][3] Larvae construct long silken galleries.

Psychomyiidae
Psychomyia pusilla larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Family:	Psychomyiidae Walker, 1852
Subfamilies
Eoneureclipsinae Psychomyiinae Tinodinae

Tinodes assimilis

The type genus for Psychomyiidae is Psychomyia P.A. Latreille, 1829.^[4]

Psychomyiella Ulmer, 1908 is considered a junior synonym of Psychomyiia.^[5] Phylogenetic analysis of Johanson & Espeland (2010) found the genus Zelandoptila Tillyard, 1924 placed within the family Ecnomidae although the genus was previously placed in Psychomyiidae.^[6]

Tinodes waeneri

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the family Psychomyiidae:

• Eoneureclipsis Kimmins, 1955
• Lype McLachlan, 1878 ^{i c g b}
• Metalype Klapalek, 1898 ^{i c g}
• Padangpsyche Malicky, 1993 ^{i c g}
• Paduniella Ulmer, 1913 ^{i c g}
• †Palerasnitsynus Wichard, Ross & Ross, 2011 ^g
• Psychomyia Latreille in Cuvier, 1829 ^{i c g}
• Tinodes Curtis, 1834 ^{i c g b}
• Trawaspsyche Malicky, 2004^[7]
• †Trichopterodomus Erickson, 1983 ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[4] c = Catalogue of Life,^[8] g = GBIF,^[9] b = Bugguide.net^[10]