Nemouridae

Nemouridae

Nemoura cinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Order:	Plecoptera
Family:	Nemouridae
Genera
Amphinemura Illiesonemoura Indonemoura Lednia Malenka Mesonemoura Nemoura Nemurella Ostrocerca Paranemoura Podmosta Prostoia Protonemura Shipsa Soyedina Visoka Zapada

The Nemouridae are a family of stoneflies containing more than 600 described species, occurring primarily in the Holarctic region.^[1] Members of this family are commonly known as spring stoneflies or brown stoneflies. Fly fishermen often refer to these insects as tiny winter blacks.

Although these insects use a wide range of flowing-water habitats, they tend to be most prevalent in smaller streams. The nymphs are distinctive, being broad-bodied and bristly with divergent wing pads.

References

↑ Nelson, C. Riley. 1996. Nemouridae. Version 1 January 1996 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Nemouridae/13941/1996.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

Extant Plecoptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera

Antarctoperlaria (basal lineages)

Eusthenioidea	Diamphipnoidae Eustheniidae

Leptoperloidea	Austroperlidae Gripopterygidae

Suborder Arctoperlaria

basal	Scopuridae

Euholognatha	Capniidae (small winter stoneflies) Leuctridae (rolled-winged stoneflies) Nemouridae (spring stoneflies or tiny winter blacks) Notonemouridae Taeniopterygidae (willowflies or winter stoneflies)

Systellognatha	Chloroperlidae (green stoneflies) Perlidae (common stoneflies) Perlodidae (stripetails or springflies) Peltoperlidae (roachlike stoneflies) Styloperlidae Pteronarcyidae (giant stoneflies or salmonflies)

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