Taeniopterygidae

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Taeniopterygidae
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent
unidentified species (
exuvia) from the Carpathian Mountains, West Ukraine
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Cohort: Polyneoptera
Order: Plecoptera
Superfamily:
Nemouroidea
Family: Taeniopterygidae
Klapálek, 1905
Subfamilies
  • Brachypterainae
    Zwick, 1973
  • Taeniopteryginae
    Klapálek, 1905
Taeniopteryx nivalis

Taeniopterygidae are a family of

holarctic distribution. Adults are usually smaller than 15 mm.[1]

Subfamilies and genera

The genus Taeniopteryx is in the subfamily Taeniopteryginae, and the remainder of the extant genera are in the subfamily Brachypterainae.[2][3]

Brachypterainae

Authority: Zwick, 1973

  1. Balticopteryx Chen, 2018 (1 species) Baltic amber, Eocene
  2. Bolotoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975
  3. Brachyptera Newport, 1848
  4. Doddsia Needham & Claassen, 1925
  5. Kohnoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975
  6. Kyphopteryx Kimmins, 1947
  7. Liaotaenionema Liu, Ren & Sinitshenkova, 2008 (1 species) Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
  8. Mesyatsia Ricker & Ross, 1975
  9. Obipteryx Okamoto, 1922
  10. Oemopteryx Klapálek, 1902
  11. Okamotoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975
  12. Rhabdiopteryx Klapálek, 1902
  13. Strophopteryx Frison, 1929
  14. Taenionema Banks, 1905
Taeniopteryginae Klapálek, 1905
  1. Taeniopteryx Pictet, 1841

Extinct genera

References

  1. ^ DeWalt, R.E.; Maehr, M.D.; Neu-Becker, U.; Stueber, G. (2019). "family Taeniopterygidae". Plecoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. ^ "Taeniopterygidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

Further reading