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Nemoura cinerea (Retzius, 1783)

CollectionObject 1567274; be90dad6-4966-4f3b-a460-de47c4e4ecc7: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567274; be90dad6-4966-4f3b-a460-de47c4e4ecc7: (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (47)

  • Perla cinerea Retzius, 1783: 60.
  • Nemoura cinerea (Retzius, 1783) in Yaroshevskyi, 1881
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  • Nemoura cinerea (Retzius, 1783) in Becker, Vonk, Verdonschot, Klaassen, Moreira, Verdonschot & Kraak, 2025: 1-12. Climate/Climate Change; Ecology
  • Perla cinerea Retzius, 1783 in Mirghani, Schmalz, Eichert, Markee & Ware, 2026 Phylogeography; Phylogeography

Nomenclature references (47)

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  • Macadam, C.R., Feeley, H.B. & Doe, J. (2022) British and Irish Stoneflies (Plecoptera): A key to the adults and larvae with notes on their distribution, life histories and ecology. Freshwater Biological Association - Scientific Publication. Volume 73., 215 pp.
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  • Mirghani, J., Schmalz, K., Eichert, A., Markee, A. & Ware, J.L. (2026) Predicting northern stonefly responses to climate change using species distribution modelling and population genetics (Plecoptera: Nemouridae). Insect Conservation and Diversity, 19(3), 1–15. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.70080
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  • Retzius, A.J. (1783) Genera et species insectorum e generosissimi auctoris scriptis extraxit, digessit, latine quoad partem reddidit, et terminologiam insectorum Linneanam addidit. Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, Leipzig, 1–220 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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species1012
subspecies201921