The Xiphocentronidae are a

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caddisflies The caddisflies (order Trichoptera) are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and Annulipalpia on the basis ...

. It has previously been treated as a subfamily of Psychomyiidae, and has a broad

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, including parts of

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and the

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. It contains nine genera, in three subfamilies: Since the subgenus ''Cnodocentron'' (''Caenocentron'') was elevated to genus level; and the Cretaceous fossil genus ''

Palerasnitsynus ''Palerasnitsynus'' is a genus of extinct caddisfly that existed during the Late Albian Cretaceous of Myanmar. It is known from two specimens trapped in amber; one of these is of the type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclatu ...

'' was moved from Psychomyiidae to a new subfamily within Xiphocentronidae. † Palerasnitsyninae Wichard, 2023 * ''

'' Wichard, Ross & Ross, 2011 ; ;Proxiphocentroninae Schmid, 1982 *''

Proxiphocentron ''Proxiphocentron'' is a genus of caddisflies The caddisflies (order Trichoptera) are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the subo ...

'' Schmid, 1982 ; ;Xiphocentroninae Ross, 1949 *'' Abaria'' Mosely, 1948 *'' Caenocentron'' Schmid, 1982 *'' Cnodocentron'' Schmid, 1982 *'' Drepanocentron'' Schmid, 1982 *'' Machairocentron'' Schmid, 1982 *'' Melanotrichia'' Ulmer, 1906 *'' Xiphocentron'' Brauer, 1870

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Trichoptera families {{Trichoptera-stub