Afroperla permiana 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

Belongs to Afroperla according to D. E. van Dijk and H. Geertsema 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NM 2733, a forewing. Its type locality is Bulwer (Bul 111), which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in the Estcourt Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Bulwer (Bul 111)

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