Obipteryx

Obipteryx is a genus of winter stoneflies in the family Taeniopterygidae. There are at least two described species in Obipteryx.[1][2]

Obipteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Taeniopterygidae
Subfamily: Brachypterainae
Genus: Obipteryx
Okamoto, 1922

Species

These two species belong to the genus Obipteryx:

  • Obipteryx femoralis Okamoto, 1922
  • Obipteryx tenuis (Needham, 1905)

References
  1. "Obipteryx". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. DeWalt, R.E.; Maehr, M.D.; Neu-Becker, U.; Stueber, G. (2019). "genus Obipteryx Okamoto, 1922". Plecoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

Further reading
  • Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4.
  • Stewart, Kenneth W.; Stark, Bill P. (1988). Nymphs of North American stonefly genera (Plecoptera). Entomological Society of America. ISBN 978-0929398556.


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