Chloroperla is a genus of European stone-flies, erected by Edward Newman in 1836;[1] it is the type genus of family Chloroperlidae, subfamily Chloroperlinae and tribe Chloroperlini Okamoto, 1912. Species are distributed in western Palaearctic freshwater habitats: especially Europe and including the British Isles. [2]

Chloroperla
Chloroperla sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Superfamily: Perloidea
Family: Chloroperlidae
Subfamily: Chloroperlinae
Genus: Chloroperla
Newman, 1836
Synonyms
  • Dodecatoma Dufour, 1841
  • Isopteryx Pictet, 1841
  • Leptomeres Rambur, 1842

Species

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Hynes[3] provides a key to the species. The Plecoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Chloroperla acuta Berthélemy & Whytton da Terra, 1980
  2. Chloroperla brachyptera (Schoenemund, 1926)
  3. Chloroperla breviata Navás, 1918
  4. Chloroperla kisi Zwick, 1967
  5. Chloroperla kosarovi Braasch, 1969
  6. Chloroperla nevada Zwick, 1967
  7. Chloroperla russevi Braasch, 1969
  8. Chloroperla susemicheli Zwick, 1967
  9. Chloroperla tripunctata (Scopoli, 1763) - type species (as Phryganea tripunctata Scopoli, by subsequent designation[4])
  10. Chloroperla zhiltzovae Zwick, 1967

References

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  1. ^ Newman EA (1836) Entom. Mag. 3: 499-501.
  2. ^ a b Plecoptera Species File: genus Chloroperla Newman, 1836 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 26 June 2023)
  3. ^ Hynes (1940) Trans. R. Ent. Soc. London 91(10): 488.
  4. ^ Kimmins (1941) Entomologist London 74: 87.
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