Overview
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Chloroperlidae is a family of stoneflies commonly known as green stoneflies. There are more than 180 species in the family. They appear in colors of green and yellow.
Taxonomy
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The Family Chloroperlidae is a member of the Superfamily Subulipalpia. Here is the complete "parentage" of Chloroperlidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Superorder: Plecopterida
- Order: Plecoptera
Burmeister, 1839 - Stoneflies
- Suborder: Arctoperlaria
- Superfamily: Subulipalpia
- Family: Chloroperlidae - Green Stoneflies
- Superfamily: Subulipalpia
- Suborder: Arctoperlaria
- Order: Plecoptera
Burmeister, 1839 - Stoneflies
- Superorder: Plecopterida
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Chloroperlidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (1): Paraperlinae
- Genus (20): Alaskaperla · Alloperla · Bisancora · Biscancora · Chloroperla · Haploperla · Isoptena · Kathroperla · Paraperla · Plesioperla · Plumiperla · Pontoperla · Rasvena · Sasquaperla · Siphonoperla · Suwallia · Sweltsa · Triznaka · Utaperla · Xanthoperla
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 185 species and subspecies in the Family Chloroperlidae.
Genera
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Alaskaperla
Alloperla
Alloperla is a genus of stoneflies in family Chloroperlidae. It contains the following species: [more]
Bisancora
Biscancora
Chloroperla
Haploperla
Isoptena
Kathroperla
Paraperla
Plesioperla
Plumiperla
Pontoperla
Rasvena
Sasquaperla
Siphonoperla
Suwallia
Sweltsa
Triznaka
Utaperla
Xanthoperla
At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Xanthoperla.
More info about the Genus Xanthoperla may be found here.
Sources
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