Nemouridae

The Nemouridae are a family of stoneflies containing more than 700 described species, occurring primarily in the Holarctic region.[1][2] Members of this family are commonly known as spring stoneflies or brown stoneflies. Fly fishermen often refer to these insects as tiny winter blacks.

Nemouridae
Nemoura cinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Exopterygota
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Nemouridae
Amphinemura

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.

Genera

These 20 genera belong to the family Nemouridae:[2][3]

  • Amphinemura Ris, 1902
  • Illiesonemoura Baumann, 1975
  • Indonemoura Baumann, 1975
  • Lednia Ricker, 1952
  • Malenka Ricker, 1952
  • Mesonemoura Baumann, 1975
  • Nanonemoura Baumann & Fiala, 2001
  • Nemoura Latreille, 1796
  • Nemurella Kempny, 1898
  • Ostrocerca Ricker, 1952
  • Paranemoura Needham & Claassen, 1925
  • Podmosta Ricker, 1952
  • Prostoia Ricker, 1952
  • Protonemura Kempny, 1898
  • Shipsa Ricker, 1952
  • Soyedina Ricker, 1952
  • Sphaeronemoura Shimizu & Sivec, 2001
  • Tominemoura Sivec & Stark, 2009
  • Visoka Ricker, 1952
  • Zapada Ricker, 1952
gollark: Stupid CB egg cooldown...
gollark: ***NEBULAE***
gollark: Might be fun making a stupidly long nebula lineage.
gollark: I mostly end up with CB nebulae, because sometimes I can't resist picking a few up during hunting.
gollark: ***nebulae***

References
  1. 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/
  2. DeWalt, R.E.; Maehr, M.D.; Neu-Becker, U.; Stueber, G. (2019). "family Nemouridae". Plecoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. "Nemouridae". GBIF. Retrieved 11 June 2019.


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