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Plecoptera Species File
Family

Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931

Roach stoneflies; Roachflies

Type

type genus of Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931

Nomenclature (15)

  • Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931

    type genus Peltoperla Needham, 1905

  • Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931 in Illies, 1966: 17, 19.
  • Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931 in Chen, 2019: 64.
  • Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931 in Bowman & Smith, 2021

Nomenclature references (15)

  • Claassen, P.W. (1931) Plecoptera nymphs of American (north of Mexico). The Thomas Say Foundation, 3, 1–199.
  • Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 82, 1–631.
  • Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.
  • Stark, B.P. & Stewart, K.W. (1981) The Nearctic genera of Peltoperlidae (Plecoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 54, 285–311.
  • Zwick, P. (1990) Transantarctic Relationships in the Plecoptera. In Series Entomologica. Vol. 44, pp. 141–148.
  • Stark, B.P. (2000) Peltoperlidae (The Roachflies). In Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series. Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 41–54.
  • Zwick, P. (2000) Phylogenetic System and Zoogeography of the Plecoptera. Annual Review of Entomology, 45, 709–746.
  • Stewart, K.W. & Stark, B.P. (2002) Nymphs of North American Stonefly Genera (Plecoptera). In Caddis Press. Columbus, Ohio. 510 pp.
  • Stewart, K.W. & Sandberg, J.B. (2006) Vibratory Communication and Mate Searching Behaviour in Stoneflies. In Insect Sounds and Communication: Physiology, Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 179–186.
  • Stark, B.P. & Sivec, I. (2007) New species and records of Asian Peltoperlidae (Insecta: Plecoptera). Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 3(12), 104–126. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia03-12.pdf
  • Sheldon, A.L. (2008) Scale and Hierarchy in the Ecology of Stoneflies. In International Advances in the Ecology, Zoogeography, and Systematics of Mayflies and Stoneflies. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. pp. 15–38. Available at http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/11081.php
  • Li, W.-H. & Murányi, D. (2018) A new species of Cryptoperla Needham, 1909 (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae) from Guangxi of China, based on male, female, and larval stage. Zootaxa, 4455(1), 177–188. Available at http://real.mtak.hu/88940/1/2018.Cryptoperla.pdf
  • Yang, D. & Li, W.-H. (2018) In Species Catalogue of China. Vol. 2. Animals, Insecta (III), Plecoptera. Science Press, Beijing. front matter + 71 pp.
  • Chen, Z.-T. (2019) A synopsis of Chinese Plecoptera research. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 16, 62–87.
  • Bowman, R.O. & Smith, R.F. (2021) Vertical Migration of Adult Plecoptera and Trichoptera above Forested Headwater Streams. Insects, 12(770), 1–17.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Family1023
Subfamily2013
Tribe0000
Genus105924
Superspecies2002
Species81646133