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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Stoneflies (Plecoptera) » Nemouroidea » Winter Stoneflies (Taeniopterygidae) » Taeniopteryx » Taeniopteryx nivalis
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winter stonefly - Taeniopteryx nivalis - female
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

winter stonefly - Taeniopteryx nivalis - Female
Dummer, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
March 25, 2008
Size: 15mm
There were lots of these on the snowbank along the Androscogin River.
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 March, 2008 - 7:10pm
Last updated 14 March, 2025 - 5:06pm

New genus for the guide
Don, thanks for keying out these specimens.
… tom murray, 11 June, 2008 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Taeniopteryx nivalis
A female, but fits the characters of T. nivalis very well.
… Donald S. Chandler, 11 June, 2008 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Just noticed
that another specimen which I had set aside was a male of T. nivalis. Couldn't find another picture with the same date and location, but if there is, they are both this species.
… Donald S. Chandler, 23 June, 2008 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

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