Taeniopterygidae

Taeniopterygidae are a family of stone flies with about 110 described extant species. They are commonly called willowflies or winter stoneflies and have a holarctic distribution. Adults are usually smaller than 15 mm.[1]

Taeniopterygidae
unidentified species (exuvia) from the Carpathian Mountains, West Ukraine.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Exopterygota
Order: Plecoptera
Superfamily: Nemouroidea
Family: Taeniopterygidae
Klapálek, 1905
Subfamilies
  • Brachypterainae Zwick, 1973
  • Taeniopteryginae Klapálek, 1905
Taeniopteryx nivalis

Genera

These 21 genera belong to the family Taeniopterygidae. The genus Taeniopteryx is in the subfamily Taeniopteryginae, and the remainder of the extant genera are in the subfamily Brachypterainae.[2][3]

  • Bolotoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975
  • Brachyptera Newport, 1848
  • Doddsia Needham & Claassen, 1925
  • Kohnoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975
  • Kyphopteryx Kimmins, 1947
  • Mesyatsia Ricker & Ross, 1975
  • Obipteryx Okamoto, 1922
  • Oemopteryx Klapálek, 1902
  • Okamotoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975
  • Rhabdiopteryx Klapálek, 1902
  • Strophopteryx Frison, 1929
  • Taenionema Banks, 1905
  • Taeniopteryx Pictet, 1841
  • Balticopteryx Chen, 2018 (1 species)
  • Gurvanopteryx Sinitshenkova, 1986 (2 species)
  • Jurataenionema Liu & Ren, 2007 (3 species)
  • Liaotaenionema Liu, Ren & Sinitshenkova, 2008 (1 species)
  • Mengitaenioptera Liu & Ren, 2008 (1 species)
  • Noviramonemoura Liu & Ren, 2008 (1 species)
  • Positopteryx Sinitshenkova, 1987 (1 species)
  • Protaenionema Liu & Shih, 2007 (1 species)

References

  1. DeWalt, R.E.; Maehr, M.D.; Neu-Becker, U.; Stueber, G. (2019). "family Taeniopterygidae". Plecoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. "Taeniopterygidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

Further reading

  • Zhiltzova, L.A. (2006). A review of stoneflies of the family Taeniopterygidae (Plecoptera) in Russia and adjacent countries. Entomological Review 86(6):632-634. doi:10.1134/S0013873806060029
  • Baumann, Richard W.; Gaufin, Arden R.; Surdick, Rebecca F. (1977). "The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains [USA]". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 31.


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