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family Styloperlidae Illies, 1966

• Distribution:
  •  China: Fujian, Hainan, Zhejiang. Taiwan. Vietnam.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Citations (8):
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:1-631 >> Note: Creates the subfamily Styloperlinae in Peltoperlidae, misunderstanding Kohno (1945) who suggested that both Styloperla and Cerconychia could be assigned to Neoperlinae of Perlidae s. str. as recounted by Uchida & Isobe, 1989.
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:218 >> Note: Follows Illies lead using subfamily Styloperlinae in Peltoperlidae.
  • Uchida & Isobe. 1989. Spixiana 12(2):147   >> Note: Elevates Styloperlinae to Styloperlidae, author Illies, 1966.
  • Zwick, P. 2000. Annu.Rev.Entomol. 45:728
  • Stark & Sivec. 2007. Illiesia 3(2):10-16  
  • Yang, D. & W-H. Li. 2018. Species Catalogue of China. Vol. 2. Animals, Insecta (III), Plecoptera 54
  • Chen, Z-T. 2019. Zoosymposia 16:64
  • Liu, F., W-H. Li, Y. Cui & Bethoux. 2021. Insect Systematics and Evolution 52:100
• Type genus:  Styloperla Wu, C.F., 1935; priority for family-group names based on Styloperla dates from Styloperlinae Illies, 1966.  First use as Styloperlidae by Uchida & Isobe, 1989.

• synonym Styloperlinae Illies, 1966
• genus Cerconychia Klapálek, 1913
• species brunnea Klapálek, 1913
• species flectospina Wu, 1962
• species livida Klapálek, 1913
• species multiseta Mo, Liu & Li, 2021
• species sinensis Yang & Yang, 1995
• species trilobata Mo, Yao, Wang & Li, 2019
• genus Styloperla Wu, 1935
• species inae Chao, 1947
• species jiangxiensis Yang & Yang, 1990
• species obtusispina (Wu, 1973)
• species spinicercia Wu, 1935
• species starki Zhao, Huo & Du, 2019
• species wui Chao, 1947

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