Dipseudopsidae Ulmer

Wichard, Wilfried, Solórzano, Mónica M., Kraemer & Luer, Claus, 2006, First caddisfly species from Mexican amber (Insecta: Trichoptera), Zootaxa 1378, pp. 37-48 : 42

Family Dipseudopsidae Ulmer

The genus Antillopsyche Banks (Type species: Antillopsyche wrighti Banks ) belongs to the subfamily Pseudoneureclipsinae and is closely related to Pseudoneureclipsis from the Old World tropics. However, Antillopsyche is only known from the New World. Four living species are known from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola ( Flint et al. 1999) and 3 fossil species from Dominican amber ( Wichard 1985; 2006).

The adults of Antillopsyche are typical psychomyioids. The ocelli are absent, the maxillary palps have an elongate terminal segment with suture-like cross striae, the mesoscutum bears a pair of setose warts, forewing apical fork 1 is present, and the tibial spurs are 3, 4, 4. They are further characterized by wing venation apomorphies: in the hind wing apical forks 2, 3, and 5 are present and the discoidal cell is open. Antillopsyche differs from Pseudoneureclipsis in the presence of fork 5 in the forewing. Hindwing venation for both taxa is the same.