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family Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931

• Common name(s):  Roach stoneflies; Roachflies
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Citations (15):
  • Claassen. 1931. The Thomas Say Foundation 3:1-199
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:17, 19 >> Note: Leptoperloidea: Peltoperlidae
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:218, 219
  • Stark & Stewart. 1981. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 54:285-311
  • 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
  • Zwick, P. 2000. Annu.Rev.Entomol. 45:729
  • Stark. 2000. In Stark & Armitage [Ed.]. Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Eastern North America, volume I, Pteronarcyidae, Peltoperlidae, and Taeniopterygidae. Ohio Biol. Surv. Bull. New Ser. 14(1):41-54 >> Note: Key.
  • Stewart & Stark. 2002. Caddis Press 460 >> Note: Key to genera, North America, Nymphs
  • Stewart & Sandberg. 2006. In Drosopoulos & Claridge. Insect Sounds and Communication: Physiology, Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution 184, 185
  • Stark & Sivec. 2007. Illiesia 3(12):104-126  
  • Sheldon. 2008. In Hauer, Stanford & Newell [Ed.]. International Advances in the Ecology, Zoogeography, and Systematics of Mayflies and Stoneflies 15-38  
  • Yang, D. & W-H. Li. 2018. Species Catalogue of China. Vol. 2. Animals, Insecta (III), Plecoptera 53
  • Li, W-H. & Murányi. 2018. Zootaxa 4455(1):177-188   >> Note: New record.
  • Chen, Z-T. 2019. Zoosymposia 16:64
  • Bowman & R. F. Smith. 2021. Insects 12:770:17 pages
• Type genus:  Peltoperla Needham, 1905; priority for family-group names based on Peltoperla dates from Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931.  First use as Peltoperlidae by Claassen, 1931.

• subfamily †Borisoperlinae
• genus †Borisoperla Chen & Xu, 2020
• genus †Zwickoperla Chen & Wang, 2019
• subfamily Microperlinae Uchida & Isobe, 1989
• synonym Microperlini Uchida & Isobe, 1989
• genus Microperla Chu, 1928
• subfamily Peltoperlinae Claassen, 1931
• genus Cryptoperla Needham, 1909
• genus Peltoperla Needham, 1905
• genus Peltoperlopsis Illies, 1966
• genus Peltopteryx Stark, 1989
• genus Sierraperla Jewett, 1954
• genus Soliperla Ricker, 1952
• genus Tallaperla Stark & Stewart, 1981
• genus Viehoperla Ricker, 1952
• genus Yoraperla Ricker, 1952

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