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CLASSIFICATION OF PLECOPTERA

Families in Green color Plecoptera Details

Insecta: Pteragota: Hemimetabola PLECOPTERA Superfamily: Eusthenioidea Diamphipnoidae Eustheniidae Superfamily: Leptoperloidea Austroperlidae Gripopterygidae Suborder: Arctoperlaria Basal family: Scopuridae Infraorder: Euholognatha Capniidae (small winter stoneflies, snowflies) Leuctridae (rolled-winged stoneflies, needleflies)

Nemouridae (spring stoneflies, forestflies) Notonemouridae Taeniopterygidae (winter stoneflies, willowflies) Infraorder: Systellognatha Chloroperlidae (green stoneflies, stallflies) Perlidae (common stoneflies, stones) Perlodidae (stripetails, springflies) Peltoperlidae (roachlike stoneflies, roachflies) Styloperlidae Pteronarcyidae (salmonflies, giant stoneflies) References Citations Sample Examinations

Details of Insect Taxonomic Groups

Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been assembled. Therefore, the principal groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the entire class Insecta. These details are available at <taxnames.htm>.