Chloroperla

Chloroperla is a genus of European stone-flies, erected by Edward Newman in 1836; it is the type genus of family Chloroperlidae, subfamily Chloroperlinae and tribe Chloroperlini <small>Okamoto, 1912</small>. Species are distributed in western Palaearctic freshwater habitats: especially Europe and including the British Isles.

Species

Hynes provides a key to the species. The Plecoptera Species File lists:

1. Chloroperla acuta <small>Berthélemy & Whytton da Terra, 1980</small>
2. Chloroperla brachyptera <small>(Schoenemund, 1926)</small>
3. Chloroperla breviata <small>Navás, 1918</small>
4. Chloroperla kisi <small>Zwick, 1967</small>
5. Chloroperla kosarovi <small>Braasch, 1969</small>
6. Chloroperla nevada <small>Zwick, 1967</small>
7. Chloroperla russevi <small>Braasch, 1969</small>
8. Chloroperla susemicheli <small>Zwick, 1967</small>
9. Chloroperla tripunctata <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small> - type species (as Phryganea tripunctata Scopoli, by subsequent designation)
10. Chloroperla zhiltzovae <small>Zwick, 1967</small>

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