Afroperla van Dijk and Geertsema 2004 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera

Full reference: D. E. van Dijk and H. Geertsema. 2004. A new genus of Permian Plecoptera (Afroperla) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Entomology 12(2):268-270

Parent taxon: Plecoptera according to D. E. van Dijk and H. Geertsema 2004

Sister taxa: Antarctoperlaria, Arctoperlaria, Capitiperla, Fatjanopteridae, Fluminiperla, Gulouidae, Kaptsheranga, Marciperla, Perlina, Perlopseina, Sinoperla, Perlapsocidae

Subtaxa: Afroperla permiana

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Type: Afroperla permiana

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Bulwer (Bul 111) (Permian of South Africa)

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