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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)

 

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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>.