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genus Megaleptoperla Tillyard, 1923

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Scrapers of algae, Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Citations (5):
  • Tillyard. 1923. Trans. New Zeal. Inst. 54(18):205   >> Note: New genus. >> Megaleptoperla    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7150
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:30 >> Megaleptoperla
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:200 >> Megaleptoperla
  • McLellan. 1977. N. Z. J. Zool. 4(2):124   >> Note: Key to the species adults and larvae. >> Megaleptoperla
  • Maxted, B. F. Evans & Scarsbrook. 2003. N. Z. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 37(4):802   >> Megaleptoperla
• Type species:  Leptoperla grandis Hudson, by monotypy and original designation; authority:  Tillyard. 1923. Trans. New Zeal. Inst. 54(18):197-217
• The first family-group name based on this genus is Megaleptoperlini McLellan, 1977.

• species diminuta Kimmins, 1938
• species grandis (Hudson, 1913)

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