Taeniopterygidae | |
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unidentified species (exuvia) from the Carpathian Mountains, West Ukraine. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Infraclass: | Neoptera |
Order: | Plecoptera |
Suborder: | Arctoperlaria |
Family: |
Taeniopterygidae Klapálek, 1905 |
Genera | |
Diversity | |
ca. 80 species |
Taeniopterygidae are a family of stone flies with about 80 described extant species. They are commonly called willowflies or winter stoneflies and have a holarctic distribution.
Adults are usually smaller than 15 mm.
Sources are [1], Nearctica.com: Plecoptera List and [2]. species without given distribution are likely palaearctic.