Pliocaloca Neboiss, 1984

Shackleton, Michael, 2010, Two new species of Pliocaloca Neboiss (Trichoptera: Calocidae) from eastern Australia, with descriptions of the immature stages of one species, Zootaxa 2476, pp. 30-38 : 31

Genus Pliocaloca Neboiss, 1984

Type species. Pliocaloca mucronata Neboiss , by original designation, from north-eastern Queensland.

Neboiss (1984) stated that Pliocaloca is distinguished from other calocid genera by the presence of a small discoidal cell in the posterior wings of males and females. There are no clear diagnostic features that separate larval Calocidae from Helicophidae ( Jackson 1998) . To date, it appears, the best indication that a larva belongs to Calocidae is the absence of sclerite/s on the lateral abdominal humps. The larvae of Pliocaloca do not bear these sclerites. It is interesting to note that the dorsum of the head and pronotum is covered in sclerotised spinules. Within Calocidae , this feature is unique to Pliocaloca .