PLECOPTERA
(stoneflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Family 3 subtaxa 45 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 3 subtaxa 45 images
Superfamily 2 subtaxa 8 images
Female (Click to open)
Family 2 subtaxa 8 images
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Family 1 subtaxa 25 images
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Family 1 subtaxa 9 images
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Unidentified 23 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderPLECOPTERA (stoneflies)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hynes, H.B.N. 1977 Adults and Nymphs of the British Stoneflies (Plecoptera) Scientific Publications, 3 (minor revision) edition, 92pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Kimmins, D.E. 1950 *** Plecoptera ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1. Part 6, 18pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Lillehammer, A. 1988 Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 21, 120pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Nymphs

Hynes, H.B.N. 1977 Adults and Nymphs of the British Stoneflies (Plecoptera) Scientific Publications, 3 (minor revision) edition, 92pp, Freshwater Biological Association
MacAdam, C. 2007 Module 4: advanced identification of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) and stoneflies (Plecoptera) https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

PLECOPTERA (stoneflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PLECOPTERA (stoneflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PLECOPTERA (stoneflies)
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