Xiphocentronidae

The Xiphocentronidae are a family of caddisflies. It has previously been treated as a subfamily of Psychomyiidae,^[1] and has a broad distribution, including parts of Asia, Central Africa and the Americas.^[1] It contains nine genera, in three subfamilies:^[2] Since the subgenus Cnodocentron (Caenocentron) was elevated to genus level;^[3] and the Cretaceous fossil genus Palerasnitsynus was moved from Psychomyiidae to a new subfamily within Xiphocentronidae.^[2]

Xiphocentronidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Trichoptera
Suborder:	Annulipalpia
Superfamily:	Hydropsychoidea
Family:	Xiphocentronidae Schmid, 1982
Subfamilies
Proxiphocentroninae Xiphocentroninae

† Palerasnitsyninae Wichard, 2023^[2]

• Palerasnitsynus Wichard, Ross & Ross, 2011

Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982^[3]

• Proxiphocentron Schmid, 1982

Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949^[3]

• Abaria Mosely, 1948
• Caenocentron Schmid, 1982
• Cnodocentron Schmid, 1982
• Drepanocentron Schmid, 1982
• Machairocentron Schmid, 1982
• Melanotrichia Ulmer, 1906
• Xiphocentron Brauer, 1870