Notonemourid nymph
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The Notonemourid Stoneflies (Plecoptera: Notonemouridae) of South Africa

Compiled by Martin H. Villet

Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa

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CONTENTS

Introduction
Notonemouridae
References

Adult
Photograph courtesy of Hamish Robertson, South African Museum

Family: NOTONEMOURIDAE

  1. Genus: APHANICERCA Tillyard 1931
    1. A. gnua Picker & Stevens
      Aphanicera gnua Picker & Stevens 1999: 215.
      Western Cape; June.

    2. A. chanae Picker & Stevens
      Aphanicera chanae Picker & Stevens 1999: 215.
      Western Cape; February to April.

    3. A. capensis Tillyard
      Aphanicera capensis Tillyard 1931: 119.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape; January to December.

    4. A. bovina Barnard
      Aphanicera bovina Barnard 1934: 531.
      Western Cape; April to November.

    5. A. bicornis Barnard
      Aphanicera bicornis Barnard 1934: 530-531.
      Western Cape; April to August.

    6. A. lyrata Barnard
      Aphanicera capensis Barnard 1934: 529.
      Western Cape; March to June.

    7. A. tereta Barnard
      Aphanicera tereta Barnard 1934: 531-532.
      Western Cape; November.

    8. A. uncinata Barnard
      Aphanicera uncinata Barnard 1934: 528-529.
      Western Cape; January to March.


  2. Genus: APHANICERCELLA Tillyard 1931
    1. A. securata Stevens & Picker
      Aphanicercella securata Stevens & Picker 1999: 200.
      Western Cape; May.

    2. A. clavata Stevens & Picker
      Aphanicercella clavata Stevens & Picker 1999: 201.
      Western Cape; June.

    3. A. barnardi Tillyard
      Aphanicercella barnardi Tillyard 1931: 122.
      Western Cape; June to September.

    4. A. spatulata Stevens & Picker
      Aphanicercella spatulata Stevens & Picker 1999: 202.
      Western Cape; May to September.

    5. A. bullata Stevens & Picker
      Aphanicercella bullata Stevens & Picker 1999: 202.
      Western Cape; July and December.

    6. A. flabellata Stevens & Picker
      Aphanicercella flabellata Stevens & Picker 1999: 203.
      Western Cape; May to July.

    7. A. cassida Barnard
      Aphanicercella cassida Barnard 1934: 541-542.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal; April to July.

    8. A. scutata Barnard
      Aphanicercella scutata Barnard 1934: 540-541.
      Western Cape; April to October.

    9. A. bifurcata Barnard
      Aphanicercella bifurcata Barnard 1934: 542-543.
      Western Cape; December to September.

    10. A. quadrata Barnard
      Aphanicercella quadrata Barnard 1934: 543-544.
      Western Cape; September.

    11. A. nigra Barnard
      Aphanicercella nigra Barnard 1934: 544-546.
      Western Cape; July, October to November.

  3. Genus: BALINSKYCERCELLA Stevens & Picker 1985
    1. B. gudu (Balinsky)
      Aphanicercella gudu Balinsky 1956: 294-297.
      KwaZulu-Natal; January or February.

    2. B. tugelae (Balinsky)
      Aphanicercella tugelae Balinsky 1956: 297-299.
      KwaZulu-Natal; January.

    3. B. fontium (Balinsky)
      Aphanicercella fontium Balinsky 1956: 299-301.
      KwaZulu-Natal; January.


  4. Genus: AFRONEMOURA Illies 1980
    1. A. stuckenbergi Picker & Stevens
      Afronemoura stuckenbergi Picker & Stevens 1999: 221.
      Mpumalanga; October.

    2. A. amatolae (Balinsky)
      Aphanicercopsis amatolae Balinsky 1956: 290-293.
      Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga; September to April.

    3. A. spinulata (Balinsky)
      Aphanicercopsis spinulata Balinsky 1967: 148.
      Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal; November to May


  5. Genus: APHANICERCOPSIS Barnard 1934
    1. A. denticulata (Tillyard)
      Aphanicerca denticulata Tillyard 1931: 121.
      Western Cape; July to October.

    2. A. hawaquae Barnard
      Aphanicercopsis hawaquae Barnard 1934: 536.
      Western Cape; June to October.

    3. A. outeniquae Barnard
      Aphanicercopsis outeniquae Barnard 1934: 535-536.
      Western Cape; January to April.

    4. A. tabularis Barnard
      Aphanicercopsis tabularis Barnard 1934: 535.
      Western Cape; July to October.


  6. Genus: DESMONEMOURA Tillyard 1931
    1. D. brevis Picker & Stevens
      Desmonemoura brevis Picker & Stevens 1999: 213.
      Western Cape; December.

    2. D. pulchellum Tillyard
      Desmonemoura pulchellum Tillyard 1931: 126.
      Western Cape; October to January.

REFERENCES

Balinsky, B.I. 1956.
On some stoneflies (Plecoptera) from the eastern parts of South Africa. Journal of the Entomolgical Society of Southern Africa 19: 289-301.
Balinsky, B.I. 1967.
A new species of stonfly (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from South Africa Journal of the Entomolgical Society of Southern Africa 29: 148-150.
Barnard, K.H. 1934.
South african stone-flies (Perlaria), with descriptios of new species. Annals of the South African Museum 30: 511-548.
Illies, J. 1980.
Afronemoura, a new genus of South African stoneflies (Plecoptera: Notonemouridae) Aquatic Insects 2: 211-215.
Picker, M.D. & Stevens, D.M. 1997.
The larvae of southern African Notonemouridae (Plecoptera) African Entomology 5: 283-294.
Picker, M.D. & Stevens, D.M. 1999.
Revision of Desmoneoura Tillyard, Aphanicerca Tillyard, Afronemoura Illies and Aphanicercopsis Barnard (Plecoptera: Notonemouridae), with a key to males. African Entomology 7: 211-223.
Stevens, D.M. & Picker, M.D. 1999.
A revision of Aphanicercella TIllyard (Plecoptera: Notonemouridae) including the A. barnardi (Tillyard) species-complex. African Entomology 7: 197-209.
Stevens, D.M. & Picker, M.D. 1995.
The Notonemouridae (Plecoptera) of southern Africa: description of a new genus, Balinskycercella, and a key to genera. African Entomology 3: 77-83.
Tillyard, R.J. 1931.
On a collection of stone-flies (Order Perlaria) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 30: 109-130.

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