Ostrocerca
| Ostrocerca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Plecoptera |
| Family: | Nemouridae |
| Subfamily: | Nemourinae |
| Genus: | Ostrocerca Ricker, 1952 |
Ostrocerca is a genus of spring stoneflies in the family Nemouridae.[1][2][3][4] They occur in North America.[3][4]
Species
These six species belong to the genus Ostrocerca:[1][2][3]
- Ostrocerca albidipennis (Walker, 1852) (white-tailed forestfly)
- Ostrocerca complexa (Claassen, 1937) (notched forestfly)
- Ostrocerca dimicki (Frison, 1936) (hooked forestfly)
- Ostrocerca foersteri (Ricker, 1943) (Cascades forestfly)
- Ostrocerca prolongata (Claassen, 1923) (bent forestfly)
- Ostrocerca truncata (Claassen, 1923) (truncate forestfly)
References
- 1 2 "Ostrocerca". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Ostrocerca Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Ostrocerca Ricker, 1952". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Ostrocerca Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- DeWalt, R.; Cao, Y.; Tweddale, T.; Grubbs, S.; et al. (2012). "Ohio USA stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera): species richness estimation, distribution of functional niche traits, drainage affiliations, and relationships to other states". ZooKeys. 178: 1–26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.178.2616. PMC 3317619. PMID 22539876.
- DeWalt, R.E.; Maehr, M.D.; Neu-Becker, U.; Stueber, G. (2013). "Plecoptera species file online. Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- 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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