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Pteronarcys

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Pteronarcys
Pteronarcys dorsata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Pteronarcyidae
Tribe: Pteronarcyini
Genus: Pteronarcys
Newman, 1838
Synonyms
  • Allonarcys Needham and Claassen, 1925

Pteronarcys is a genus of giant stoneflies in the family Pteronarcyidae. There are about 8 described species in Pteronarcys.[1][2]

Pteronarcys pictetii

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Pteronarcys Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  2. ^ "Pteronarcys Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  • DeWalt R, Cao Y, Tweddale T, Grubbs S, Hinz L, Pessino M, Robinson J (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.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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