Perlid nymph Photograph courtesy of Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

The Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of South Africa

Compiled by Martin H. Villet

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

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Contents

    Introduction
    Resources
    The Families
    References

Introduction

The stoneflies of South Africa are currently classified into two families. The list of species is compiled from Barnard (1934) and Stevens & Picker (1995). The distributions are taken from Barnard (1934), and the periods of adult activity follow Barnard (1934, 1940).

Resources

Information about the Plecoptera can be obtained from
BIOSIS Internet Resource Guide - Plecoptera
Gordon Ramel's Stonefly Page
The Plecoptera page of The Tree of Life

Order: PLECOPTERA

Suborder: SETIPALPIA
Perlidae
Suborder: FILIPALPIA
Notonemouridae

References

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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.
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Classen, P.W. 1940.
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Hynes, H.B.N. 1953.
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