Subfamily Isoperlinae - Green-winged Stoneflies

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Internet References

Perlodidae: Isoperla similis - Isoperla similis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

Family Perlodidae (Perlodid Stoneflies)

Subfamily Isoperlinae (Green-winged Stoneflies)

Other Common Names

Stripetails [flyfishing term]

Numbers

64 species in 5 genera in North America listed at nearctica.com

60 species are in one genus (Isoperla); the remaining 4 species are in the genera Calliperla, Cascadoperla, Clioperla, Cosumnoperla

Internet References

list of genera in subfamily (ITIS)

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 17 June, 2005 - 7:52am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Robin McLeod
Last updated 9 July, 2008 - 1:58am

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