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Subfamily Chloroperlinae

Sweltsa sp. - Sweltsa Sweltsa sp. - Sweltsa Sweltsa sp. - Sweltsa Sweltsa sp. - Sweltsa Stonefly - Sweltsa stonefly - Sweltsa Chloroperlidae, genus Sweltsa - Sweltsa Chloroperlid - Sweltsa borealis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
Superfamily Perloidea
Family Chloroperlidae (Green Stoneflies)
Subfamily Chloroperlinae
Numbers
contains the bulk of the family; 2 tribes with ~100 spp. in 10 genera in our area(1) [81 in the lower 48 states(2)] and >180 spp. in 16 genera worldwide(3)
Range
holarctic + Oriental; throughout NA(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 v belov on 7 November, 2011 - 9:41pm
Last updated 8 November, 2011 - 4:42pm

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