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subfamily Brachypterainae Zwick, 1973

• Common name(s):  Willowflies
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Citations:
  • Ricker & Ross. 1975. Can. J. Zool. 53(2):132-153
  • ICZN. 1999. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 56:82
  • Zhiltzova. 2003. Fauna of Russia and Neighbouring Countries New Series No. 145:116
  • Baumann & Kondratieff. 2009. In Staniczek. International Perspectives in Mayfly and Stonefly Research, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Ephemeroptera and the 16th International Symposium on Plecoptera, Stuttgart, 2008. Aquatic Insects Supplement 1 31:219-230
• Type genus:  Brachyptera Newport, 1848; priority for family-group names based on Brachyptera dates from Brachypterinae Zwick, P., 1973.  First use as Brachypterainae by ICZN, 1999.

• synonym Brachypterinae Zwick, 1973
• genus †Balticopteryx Chen, 2018
• species †dui Chen, 2018
• genus Bolotoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975
• species rossi (Frison, 1942)
• genus Brachyptera Newport, 1848
• synonym Nephotheryx Navás, 1915
• synonym Zhiltzovia Ricker & Ross, 1975
• species algirica Aubert, 1956
• species ankara Kazanci, 2000
• species arcuata (Klapálek, 1902)
• species auberti Consiglio, 1957
• species beali (Navás, 1923)
• species berkii Kazanci, 2001
• species braueri Klapálek, 1900
• species brevipennis Zhiltzova, 1964
• species bulgarica Raušer, 1962
• species calabrica Aubert, 1953
• species demirsoyi Kazanci, 1983
• species dinarica Aubert, 1964
• species galeata Koponen, 1949
• species graeca Berthélemy, 1971
• species helenica Aubert, 1956
• species kontschani Murányi, 2011
• species macedonica Ikonomov, 1983
• species monilicornis (Pictet, 1841)
• species phthiotica Berthélemy, 1971
• species putata (Newman, 1838)
• species risi (Morton, 1896)
• species seticornis (Klapálek, 1902)
• species sislii Kazanci, 1983
• species starmachi Sowa, 1966
• species thracica Raušer, 1965
• species transcaucasica Zhiltzova, 1956
• species trifasciata (Pictet, 1832)
• species tristis (Klapálek, 1901)
• species vera Berthélemy & Gonzalez del Tanago, 1983
• species zwicki Braasch & Joost, 1971
• genus Doddsia Needham & Claassen, 1925
• species occidentalis (Banks, 1900)
• genus Kohnoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975
• species yugawae (Kohno, 1965)
• genus Kyphopteryx Kimmins, 1947
• species brodskii (Zhiltzova, 1972)
• species coniformis Chen & Du, 2019
• species dorsalis Kimmins, 1947
• species pamirica Zhiltzova, 1972
• species yangi Du & Chen, 2019
• genus †Liaotaenionema Liu, Ren & Sinitshenkova, 2008
• species †tenuitibia Liu, Ren & Sinitshenkova, 2008
• genus Mesyatsia Ricker & Ross, 1975
• species imanishii (Uéno, 1929)
• species karakorum (Šámal, 1935)
• species makartchenkoi Teslenko & Zhiltzova, 1992
• species nigra Zwick, 1980
• species o-notata (Okamoto, 1922)
• species tianshanica (Zhiltzova, 1972)
• genus Obipteryx Okamoto, 1922
• species femoralis Okamoto, 1922
• species tenuis (Needham, 1905)
• genus Oemopteryx Klapálek, 1902
• species contorta (Needham & Claassen, 1925)
• species fosketti (Ricker, 1965)
• species glacialis (Barnston, 1848)
• species leei Baumann & Kondratieff, 2009
• species loewii (Albarda, 1889)
• species vanduzeea (Claassen, 1937)
• genus Okamotoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975
• species zonata (Okamoto, 1922)
• genus Rhabdiopteryx Klapálek, 1902
• species group neglecta (Albarda, 1889)
• species acuminata Klapálek, 1905
• species antoninoi Vinçon & Ravizza, 1999
• species christinae Theischinger, 1975
• species doieranensis Ikonomov, 1983
• species hamulata (Klapálek, 1902)
• species navicula Theischinger, 1974
• species thienemanni Illies, 1957
• species triangularis Braasch & Joost, 1972
• genus Strophopteryx Frison, 1929
• species appalachia Ricker & Ross, 1975
• species arkansae Ricker & Ross, 1975
• species cucullata Frison, 1934
• species fasciata (Burmeister, 1839)
• species limata (Frison, 1942)
• species nohirae (Okamoto, 1922)
• species rickeri Zhiltzova, 1976
• genus Taenionema Banks, 1905
• synonym Allonuria Claassen, 1936
• synonym Nuria Navás, 1930
• species atlanticum Ricker & Ross, 1975
• species californicum (Needham & Claassen, 1925)
• species grinnelli (Banks, 1918)
• species jacobii Stanger & Baumann, 1993
• species japonicum (Matsumura, 1904)
• species jeanae Baumann & Nelson, 2007
• species jewetti Stanger & Baumann, 1993
• species kincaidi (Hoppe, 1938)
• species oregonense (Needham & Claassen, 1925)
• species pacificum (Banks, 1900)
• species pallidum (Banks, 1902)
• species raynorium (Claassen, 1937)
• species sinensis Chen & Ye, 2023
• species uinta Stanger & Baumann, 1993
• species umatilla Stanger & Baumann, 1993

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