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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Stoneflies (Plecoptera) » Nemouroidea » Winter Stoneflies (Taeniopterygidae) » Taeniopteryx

Genus Taeniopteryx

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Winter stonefly - ID to genus here? - Taeniopteryx Winter Stonefly - Taeniopteryx burksi - female Taeniopteryx sp. - Taeniopteryx stonefly - Taeniopteryx parvula Taeniopterygidae, genus Taeniopteryx - Taeniopteryx Taeniopterygidae, genus Taeniopteryx - Taeniopteryx Taeniopterygidae, Taeniopteryx burksi - Taeniopteryx burksi winter stonefly - Taeniopteryx burksi - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
Superfamily Nemouroidea
Family Taeniopterygidae (Winter Stoneflies)
Genus Taeniopteryx
Explanation of Names
Taeniopteryx Pictet 1841
'ribbon wing'
Numbers
11 spp. in our area, 22 total(1)(2)(3)
Identification
Larvae have gills attached to bases of legs. Adults have small scars where the gills attached.
Range
holarctic: across NA & Europe to C. Asia(3)
Works Cited
1.Stark B.P., Baumann R.W., DeWalt R.E. (2009) Valid stonefly names for North America
2.Kondratieff B.C., Baumann R.W. (2000-2014) Stoneflies of the United States
3.DeWalt R.E., Maehr M.D., Neu-Becker U., Stueber G. (2013) Plecoptera species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by tom murray on 11 June, 2008 - 6:37pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 20 December, 2014 - 2:42pm

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