Family Stenopsychidae Martynov


Author: Takao NOZAKI
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Last update: 4 October 2026


Subfamily Stenopsychinae Martynov

Two genera, Philopotamopsis described by Iwata (1927a) and Parastenopsyche described by Kuwayama (1930), were synonymized with the genus Stenopsyche by Kuwayama (1930) and Lepneva (1964), respectively.


Genus Stenopsyche McLachlan


Stenopsyche marmorata Navás 1920

Stenopsyche griseipennis non McLachlan 1866: Matsumura 1904.

Stenopsyche marmorata Navás 1920 ("1919").

Stenopsyche japonica Martynov 1926.

Philopotamopsis japonica Iwata 1927a.

Stenopsyche sachalinensis Matsumura 1931.

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Russia (Sakhalin, continental), China, Korea.

Stenopsyche pallens Nozaki, Arefina and Hayashi 2008

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido), Sakhalin.

Stenopsyche sauteri Ulmer 1907

Parastenopsyche sauteri: Kuwayama 1930.

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).

Stenopsyche schmidi Weaver 1987

Distribution. Japan (Amami-oshima, Tokuno-shima, Okinawa-jima, Iriomote-jima), Taiwan.

Stenopsyche sinanoensis (Kobayashi 1954)

Parastenopsyche sinanoensis Kobayashi 1954.

Distribution. Japan (Honshu).

Stenopsyche sp. alpine lineage: Saito et al.  2018