Taeniopterygidae Temporal range:
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unidentified species ( exuvia) from the Carpathian Mountains, West Ukraine. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Cohort: | Polyneoptera |
Order: | Plecoptera |
Superfamily: | Nemouroidea |
Family: |
Taeniopterygidae Klapálek, 1905 |
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Taeniopterygidae are a family of stone flies with about 110 described extant species. They are commonly called willowflies or winter stoneflies and have a holarctic distribution. Adults are usually smaller than 15 mm. [1]
The genus Taeniopteryx is in the subfamily Taeniopteryginae, and the remainder of the extant genera are in the subfamily Brachypterainae. [2] [3]
Authority: Zwick, 1973
Taeniopterygidae Temporal range:
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unidentified species ( exuvia) from the Carpathian Mountains, West Ukraine. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Cohort: | Polyneoptera |
Order: | Plecoptera |
Superfamily: | Nemouroidea |
Family: |
Taeniopterygidae Klapálek, 1905 |
Subfamilies | |
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Taeniopterygidae are a family of stone flies with about 110 described extant species. They are commonly called willowflies or winter stoneflies and have a holarctic distribution. Adults are usually smaller than 15 mm. [1]
The genus Taeniopteryx is in the subfamily Taeniopteryginae, and the remainder of the extant genera are in the subfamily Brachypterainae. [2] [3]
Authority: Zwick, 1973