Chloroperla

Chloroperla
	Chloroperla sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Plecoptera
Superfamily:	Perloidea
Family:	Chloroperlidae
Subfamily:	Chloroperlinae
Genus:	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[edit]

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

Chloroperla acuta Berthélemy & Whytton da Terra, 1980
Chloroperla brachyptera (Schoenemund, 1926)
Chloroperla breviata Navás, 1918
Chloroperla kisi Zwick, 1967
Chloroperla kosarovi Braasch, 1969
Chloroperla nevada Zwick, 1967
Chloroperla russevi Braasch, 1969
Chloroperla susemicheli Zwick, 1967
Chloroperla tripunctata (Scopoli, 1763) - type species (as Phryganea tripunctata Scopoli, by subsequent designation^[4])
Chloroperla zhiltzovae Zwick, 1967

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Media related to Chloroperla at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Newman EA (1836) Entom. Mag. 3: 499-501.

[PSF-2] 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.

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