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Paranemoura perfecta (Walker, 1852)

Spotted Forestfly

Nomenclature (29)

  • Nemoura perfecta Walker, 1852: 191.

    Holotype; male; efedff5f-59af-4eb7-ae3a-4f336b6914ce; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Canada: Nova Scotia

  • Nemoura perfecta Walker, 1852 in Hagen, 1861: 37.
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  • Paranemoura perfecta (Walker, 1852) in Grubbs & Baumann, 2023: 17.
  • Nemoura perfecta Walker, 1852 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 37.

Nomenclature references (27)

  • Baumann, R.W. (1975) Revision of the stonefly family Nemouridae (Plecoptera): a study of the world fauna at the generic level. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 211, 1–74. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0211.pdf
  • Baumann, R.W. (1996) A review of the stonefly genus Paranemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) and a new species from the Northeast. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 98(4), 818–826.
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  • Claassen, P.W. (1923) New species of North American Plecoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 55, 257–263, 281–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88627#page/565/mode/1up
  • Claassen, P.W. (1928) Additions and corrections to the monograph on the Plecoptera of North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 21(4), 667–668. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/21.4.667
  • Claassen, P.W. (1940) A catalogue of the Plecoptera of the world. Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 232, 1–235. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla7251474_8571_012#mode/1up
  • Giberson, D.J. & Garnett, H.L. (1996) Species composition, distribution, and summer emergence phenology of stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74, 1260–1267.
  • Grubbs, S., Pessino, M. & DeWalt, R.E. (2012) Michigan Plecoptera (Stoneflies): distribution patterns and an updated species list. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 8, 162–173.
  • Grubbs, S.A. & Baumann, R.W. (2023) The Nemourinae (Insecta, Nemouridae) of the eastern Nearctic. Zootaxa, 5306(1), 1–53. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.1.1
  • Grubbs, S.A. (2018) An update on the stonefly fauna (Insecta, Plecoptera) of Maryland, including new and emended state records and an updated state checklist. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 14(4), 65–80. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia14-4.pdf
  • Hagen, H.A. (1861) Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America. With a List of the South American Species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1–347. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/synopsisofneurop00hage
  • Harper, P.P. & Hynes, H.B.N. (1971) The nymphs of the Nemouridae of eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 49, 1129–1142.
  • Hitchcock, S. (1974) Guide to the Insects of Connecticut. Part VII. The Plecoptera or stoneflies of Connecticut. Bulletin of the State Geological Survey of Connecticut, 107, 1–262.
  • Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 82, 1–631.
  • Kimmins, D.E. (1970) A list of the type-specimens of Plecoptera and Megaloptera in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 24(8), 337–361. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis24entolond
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Baumann, R.W. (1994) Assault on Atlantic Canada: a stonefly collecting foray to the Canadian Maritime Provinces. Perla, 12, 16–19.
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Kirchner, R.F. (1987) Additions, taxonomic corrections, and faunal affinities of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia, USA. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 89(1), 24–30. Available at http://https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16262424
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Voshell, J.R., Jr. (1979) Checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia. Entomological News, 90(5), 241–246.
  • Kondratieff, B.C., Verdone, C.J. & Roble, S.M. (2017) New records of stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Virginia, U.S.A. Perla, 35, 22–27. Available at http://plecoptera.speciesfile.org/HomePage/Plecoptera/LitArchive/PerlaNo35_2017.pdf
  • Myers, L., Kondratieff, B.C., Mihuc, T.B. & Ruiter, D.E. (2011) The Mayflies (Ephemeroptera), Stoneflies (Plecoptera), and Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the Adirondack Park (New York State). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 137(1+2), 63–140. Available at http://https://doi.org/10.3157/061.137.0118PY
  • Myers, L.W., Kondratieff, B.C., Grubbs, S.A., Pett, L.A., DeWalt, R.E., Mihuc, T.B. & Hart, L.V. (2025) Distributional and species richness patterns of the stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) in New York State. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13(e158952), 1–115. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.13.e158952
  • Needham, J.G. & Claassen, P.W. (1925) A Monograph of the Plecoptera or Stoneflies of America North of Mexico. The Thomas Say Foundation, II, 1–397. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/monographofpleco00need
  • Ricker, W.E. (1952) Systematic Studies in Plecoptera. Indiana University Publications Science Series, 18, 1–200.
  • Stark, B.P., Szczytko, S.W. & Nelson, C.R. (1998) In American Stoneflies: A Photographic Guide to the Plecoptera. The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio. 126 pp.
  • Stewart, K.W. & Stark, B.P. (1988) Nymphs of North American stonefly genera. Thomas Say Foundation, Entomological Society of America, Maryland, Vol. 12, 1–460 pp.
  • Stewart, K.W. & Stark, B.P. (2002) Nymphs of North American Stonefly Genera (Plecoptera). In Caddis Press. Columbus, Ohio. 510 pp.
  • Walker, F. (1852) Part I. Phryganides-Perlides. In Catalogue of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman, London. Vol. 1, 1–192 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9997105
  • Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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