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Issue: Vol. 5595 No. 1: 4 Mar. 2025
Type: Monograph
Published: 2025-03-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5595.1.1
Page range: 1-94
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The adults, larvae, and systematics of the Nearctic Oemopteryx Klapálek, 1902 (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae)

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality; Division of Water Resources; Water Sciences Section; Raleigh; NC; 27607; USA
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Raleigh; NC; 27607; USA
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality; Division of Water Resources; Water Sciences Section; Raleigh; NC; 27607; USA
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality; Division of Water Resources; Water Sciences Section; Raleigh; NC; 27607; USA
Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity Studies; Western Kentucky University; Bowling Green; Kentucky 42101; USA
University of Illinois; Prairie Research Institute; Illinois Natural History Survey; 1816 S Oak St.; Champaign; Illinois; 61820; USA
Plecoptera Nearctic Taeniopterygidae Brachypterainae Oemopteryx new species

Abstract

The adult and larval life stages of the Nearctic species of Oemopteryx Klapálek, 1902 (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) are reviewed using color images, scanning electron microscopy photomicrographs, variation in the barcode region of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, and distributional information. Two new species are described from the southeast Nearctic region. Adult and larval keys to Oemopteryx species are presented in addition to revised keys to genera for Nearctic Taeniopterygidae.

 

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