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family Austroperlidae Tillyard, 1921

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Scrapers of algae
• Citations (14):
  • Tillyard. 1921. Canad. Ent. 53:35  
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:12 >> Note: Leptoperloidea: Austroperlidae
  • Illies. 1969. Entomol.Tidskr. 90(1-2):19-51
  • Riek. 1973. Aust.J.Entomol. 12(4):289-295  
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:194 >> Note: Leptoperloidea: Austroperlidae
  • Hynes. 1974. Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. 29:1-36
  • Winterbourn. 1978. N. Z. J. Zool. 5:158  
  • Zwick, P. 1990. In Campbell [Ed.]. Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Proceedings of the 5th International Ephemeroptera Conference and the 9th International Plecoptera Conference. Ser. Entomol. 44:141-148
  • McLellan. 1997. J.R.Soc.N.Z. 27(2):272   >> Note: Amended diagnosis.
  • Zwick, P. 2000. Annu.Rev.Entomol. 45:718
  • McLellan. 2001. Aquatic Insects 23:233-251  
  • Miserendino & Pizzolon. 2003. N. Z. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 37:538  
  • McLellan. 2006. Illiesia 2(2):15-23  
  • Stark, Froehlich & del Carmen Zúñiga. 2009. In Adis, Arias, Golavatch, Wantzen & Rueda-Delgado [Ed.]. Aquatic Biodiversity of Latin America (ABLA). 5:51-58 >> Note: Three genera and four species for South America
• Type genus:  Austroperla Needham, 1905; priority for family-group names based on Austroperla dates from Austroperlidae Tillyard, 1921.  First use as Austroperlidae by Tillyard, 1921.

• synonym Penturoperlidae Illies, 1960
• genus Acruroperla Illies, 1969
• species atra (Šámal, 1921)
• genus Andesobius McLellan, 2001
• species barilochensis (Illies, 1960)
• genus Austroheptura Illies, 1969
• species campbelli Theischinger, 1993
• species illiesi Hynes, 1974
• species neboissi Illies, 1969
• genus Austropentura Illies, 1969
• species hynesorum Theischinger, 1988
• species victoria Illies, 1969
• genus Austroperla Needham, 1905
• synonym Heteroperla Hare, 1910
• species cyrene (Newman, 1845)
• genus Crypturoperla Illies, 1969
• species paradoxa Illies, 1969
• genus Klapopteryx Navás, 1928
• species armillata Navás, 1928
• species kuscheli Illies, 1960
• genus Penturoperla Illies, 1960
• species barbata Illies, 1960
• genus Pseudoheptura Riek, 1973
• species picta Riek, 1973
• genus Tasmanoperla Tillyard, 1921
• synonym Pseudopentura Illies, 1969
• species larvalis (Illies, 1969)
• species thalia (Newman, 1839)

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