Taeniopterygidae are a family of stone flies

Plecoptera

Plecoptera are an order of insects, commonly known as stoneflies. There are some 3,500 described species worldwide, with new species still being discovered. Stoneflies are found worldwide, except Antarctica...

 with about 80 described extant species. They are commonly called willowflies or winter stoneflies and have a holarctic

Holarctic

The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,...

 distribution.

Adults are usually smaller than 15 mm.

Species

Sources are http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/PlecoptRpt1.txt, Nearctica.com: Plecoptera List and http://homepage.mac.com/kawagera/plec/catalogue/taeniop.htm. species without given distribution are likely palaearctic.

• Taeniopteryginae Klapálek, 1905
• Taeniopteryx Pictet, 1841

• Taeniopteryx angarensis (Zapekina-Dulkeit 1956) (same as T. nebulosa?)
• Taeniopteryx araneoides Klapálek, 1902
• Taeniopteryx auberti Kis & Sowa, 1964
• Taeniopteryx burksi Ricker & Ross, 1968 (nearctic)
• Taeniopteryx caucasica Zhiltsova, 1981 (Russia)
• Taeniopteryx fusca Ikonomov, 1980 (former Yugoslavia)
• Taeniopteryx hubaulti Aubert, 1946
• Taeniopteryx kuehtreiberi Aubert, 1950
• Taeniopteryx lita Frison, 1942 (nearctic)
• Taeniopteryx lonicera Ricker & Ross, 1968 (nearctic)
• Taeniopteryx maura (Pictet, 1841) (nearctic)
• Taeniopteryx metequi Ricker & Ross, 1968 (nearctic)
• Taeniopteryx mercuryi Fochetti & Nicolai, 1996 (Italy)
• Taeniopteryx nebulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Taeniopteryx nelsoni Kondratieff & Kirchner, 1982 (Virginia)
• Taeniopteryx nivalis (Fitch, 1847) (nearctic)
• Taeniopteryx parvula Banks, 1918 (nearctic)
• Taeniopteryx pecos Baumann & Jacobi, 1984 (New Mexico)
• Taeniopteryx robinae Kondratieff & Kirchner, 1984 (South Carolina)
• Taeniopteryx schoenemundi (Mertens 1923) (former Yugoslavia)
• Taeniopteryx starki Stewart & Szczytko, 1974 (Texas)
• Taeniopteryx tenuis Needham, 1905
• Taeniopteryx ugola Ricker & Ross, 1968 (nearctic)

• Brachypterainae (Brachypterinae is preoccupied in Coleoptera, Erichson, 1845)
• Bolotoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975

• Bolotoperla rossi (Frison, 1942) (nearctic)

• Brachyptera Newport, 1848

• Brachyptera trifasciata (Pictet, 1832)
• Brachyptera algirica Aubert, 1956
• Brachyptera ankara Kazanci, 2000 (Turkey)
• Brachyptera arcuata (Klapálek, 1902)
• Brachyptera auberti Consiglio, 1957
• Brachyptera beali (Navás, 1923)

• Brachyptera beali beali (Navás, 1923)
• Brachyptera beali cretica Zwick, 1978 (Greece)

• Brachyptera berkii Kazanci, 2001 (Turkey)
• Brachyptera braueri (Klapálek, 1900)
• Brachyptera brevipennis Zhiltzova, 1964
• Brachyptera bulgarica Rauser, 1962
• Brachyptera calabrica Aubert, 1953
• Brachyptera dinarica Aubert, 1964
• Brachyptera demirsoyi Kazanci, 1983 (Turkey)
• Brachyptera galeata Koponen, 1949
• Brachyptera graeca Berthélemy, 1963
• Brachyptera helenica Aubert, 1956
• Brachyptera macedonica Ikonomov, 1983 (former Yugoslavia)
• Brachyptera monilicornis (Pictet, 1841)
• Brachyptera phthiotica Berthélemy, 1971
• Brachyptera putata (Newman, 1838)
• Brachyptera risi (Morton, 1896)
• Brachyptera seticornis (Klapálek, 1902)
• Brachyptera sislii Kazanci, 1983 (Turkey)
• Brachyptera starmachi Sowa, 1966
• Brachyptera thracica Rauser, 1965
• Brachyptera transcaucasica Zhiltzova, 1956

• Brachyptera transcaucasica transcaucasica Zhiltzova, 1956
• Brachyptera transcaucasica kykladica Zwick, 1978 (Greece)

• Brachyptera ristis (Klapálek, 1901) Aubert 1946
• Brachyptera vera Berthelemy & Gonzalez del Tanago, 1983 (Spain)

• Brachyptera vera vera Berthelemy & Gonzalez del Tanago, 1983 (Spain)
• Brachyptera vera cordubensis Berthelemy & Baena Ruiz, 1984 (Spain)

• Brachyptera zwicki Braasch & Joost, 1971

• Doddsia Needham & Claassen, 1925

• Doddsia japonica (Okamoto, 1922) (Japan)
• Doddsia nohirae (Okamoto, 1922) (Japan)
• Doddsia occidentalis (Banks, 1900) (nearctic)
• Doddsia onotata (Okamoto, 1922) (Japan)

• Kyphopteryx Kimmins, 1946 (palaearctic)

• Kyphopteryx dorsalis Kimmins, 1946
• Kyphopteryx brodskii Zhiltzova, 1972

• Mesyatsia Ricker & Ross, 1975

• Mesyatsia karakorum Sámal, 1935
• Mesyatsia imanishii (Uéno, 1940) (Japan)
• Mesyatsia makartchenkoi Teslenko & Zhiltzova, 1992 (Russia)
• Mesyatsia nigra Zwick & Sivec, 1980 (Bhutan)

• Obipteryx (palaearctic)

• Obipteryx femoralis (Okamoto, 1922) (Japan)
• Obipteryx yugawae Kohno, 1965 (Japan)

• Okamotoperla Ricker & Ross, 1975

• Okamotoperla zonata (Okamoto, 1922) (Japan)

• Oemopteryx Klapálek, 1902

• Oemopteryx contorta (Needham & Claassen, 1925) (nearctic)
• Oemopteryx fosketti (Ricker, 1965) (nearctic)
• Oemopteryx glacialis (Newport, 1849) (nearctic)
• Oemopteryx loweii (Albarda, 1889)
• Oemopteryx vanduzeea (Claassen, 1937) (nearctic)

• Rhabdiopteryx (palaearctic)

• Rhabdiopteryx hamulata (Klapálek, 1902)
• Rhabdiopteryx antoninoi Vincon & Ravizza, 1999 (Spain)
• Rhabdiopteryx acuminata Klapálek, 1905
• Rhabdiopteryx alpina Kühtreiber, 1934
• Rhabdiopteryx doieranensis Ikonomov, 1983 (former Yugoslavia)
• Rhabdiopteryx neglecta (Albarda, 1889)
• Rhabdiopteryx thienemanni Illies, 1957
• Rhabdiopteryx triangularis Braasch & Joost, 1972

• Strophopteryx Frison, 1929 (nearctic)

• Strophopteryx appalachia Ricker & Ross, 1975 (nearctic)
• Strophopteryx arkansae Ricker & Ross, 1975 (nearctic)
• Strophopteryx cucullata Frison, 1934 (nearctic)
• Strophopteryx fasciata (Burmeister, 1839) (nearctic)
• Strophopteryx inaya Ricker & Ross, 1975 (nearctic)
• Strophopteryx limata (Frison, 1942) (nearctic)

• Taenionema Banks, 1905

• Taenionema atlanticum Ricker & Ross, 1975 (nearctic)
• Taenionema californica (Needham & Claassen, 1925) (nearctic)
• Taenionema frigida (Navás, 1930)
• Taenionema grinnelli (Banks, 1918) (nearctic)
• Taenionema jacobii Stanger & Baumann, 1993 (New Mexico)
• Taenionema jeanae Baumann & Nelson, 2007 (California)
• Taenionema jewetti Stanger & Baumann, 1993 (Oregon)
• Taenionema kincaidi (Hoppe, 1938) (nearctic)
• Taenionema oregonensis Needham & Claassen, 1925) (nearctic)
• Taenionema pacificum (Banks, 1900) (nearctic)
• Taenionema pallidum (Banks, 1902) (nearctic)
• Taenionema raynoria (Claassen, 1937) (nearctic)
• Taenionema uinta Stanger & Baumann, 1993 (Utah)
• Taenionema umatilla Stanger & Baumann, 1993 (Oregon)

Fossil species

• fossil (incertae sedis
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• †Gurvanopteryx Sinitchenkova, 1986

• †Gurvanopteryx effeta Sinitchenkova, 1986
• †Gurvanopteryx impleta Sinitchenkova, 1986
  • †Jurataenionema Liu et al., 2007
• †Jurataenionema inornatus Liu et al., 2007
• †Jurataenionema stigmaeus Liu et al., 2007
  • †Positopteryx Sinitchenkova, 1987
• †Positopteryx dubia Sinitchenkova, 1987
  • †Protaenionema Liu et al., 2007
• †Protaenionema fuscalatus Liu et al., 2007
  • †Sinotaeniopteryx Hong, 1983
• †Sinotaeniopteryx chengdeensis Hong, 1983
• †Sinotaeniopteryx luanpingensis Hong, 1983

Further reading

• Zhiltzova, L.A. (2006). A review of stoneflies of the family Taeniopterygidae (Plecoptera) in Russia and adjacent countries. Entomological Review 86(6):632-634.