Biology:Chloroperla

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Short description: Genus of insects

Chloroperla
Chloroperla sp.
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Insecta
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chloroperlidae
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chloroperla
Newman, 1836
Synonyms
  • Dodecatoma Dufour, 1841
  • Isopteryx Pictet, 1841
  • Leptomeres Rambur, 1842

Chloroperla is a genus of European stone-flies, erected by Edward Newman in 1836;[1] it is the type genus of family Chloroperlidae, subfamily Chloroperlinae and tribe Chloroperlini Okamoto, 1912. Species are distributed in western Palaearctic freshwater habitats: especially Europe and including the British Isles. [2]

Species

Hynes[3] provides a key to the species. The Plecoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Chloroperla acuta Berthélemy & Whytton da Terra, 1980
  2. Chloroperla brachyptera (Schoenemund, 1926)
  3. Chloroperla breviata Navás, 1918
  4. Chloroperla kisi Zwick, 1967
  5. Chloroperla kosarovi Braasch, 1969
  6. Chloroperla nevada Zwick, 1967
  7. Chloroperla russevi Braasch, 1969
  8. Chloroperla susemicheli Zwick, 1967
  9. Chloroperla tripunctata (Scopoli, 1763) - type species (as Phryganea tripunctata Scopoli, by subsequent designation[4])
  10. Chloroperla zhiltzovae Zwick, 1967

References

  1. Newman EA (1836) Entom. Mag. 3: 499-501.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Plecoptera Species File: genus Chloroperla Newman, 1836 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 26 June 2023)
  3. Hynes (1940) Trans. R. Ent. Soc. London 91(10): 488.
  4. Kimmins (1941) Entomologist London 74: 87.

Wikidata ☰ Q10450670 entry