Austroperlidae

Austroperlidae
Austroperla cyrene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Plecoptera
Suborder:	Antarctoperlaria
Superfamily:	Gripopterygoidea
Family:	Austroperlidae Tillyard, 1921

Austroperlidae is a family of stoneflies in the order Plecoptera. There are about 10 genera and 15 described species in Austroperlidae.

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the family Austroperlidae:

• Acruroperla Illies, 1969
• Andesobius McLellan, 2001
• Austroheptura Illies, 1969
• Austropentura Illies, 1969
• Austroperla Needham, 1905
• Crypturoperla Illies, 1969
• Klapopteryx Navás, 1928
• Penturoperla Illies, 1960
• Pseudoheptura Riek, 1973
• Tasmanoperla Tillyard, 1921

Further reading

• Baumann, Richard W.; Gaufin, Arden R.; Surdick, Rebecca F. (1977). "The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains [USA]". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 31. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
• Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4. S2CID 39201439.
• DeWalt, R.; Cao, Y.; Tweddale, T.; Grubbs, S.; et al. (2012). "Ohio USA stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera): species richness estimation, distribution of functional niche traits, drainage affiliations, and relationships to other states". ZooKeys (178): 1–26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.178.2616. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3317619. PMID 22539876.
• Hynes, H. B. N. (1976). "Biology of plecoptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 21: 135–153. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.21.010176.001031.
• Stewart, Kenneth W.; Stark, Bill P. (1988). Nymphs of North American stonefly genera (Plecoptera). Entomological Society of America. ISBN 978-0929398556.