Petroperla Sroka et al. 2018 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Peltoperlidae

Full reference: P. Sroka, A. H. Staniczek, and B. C. Kondratieff. 2018. 'Rolling' stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. PeerJ 6(e5354)

Parent taxon: Petroperlinae according to Z. Chen et al. 2025

See also Sroka et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Borisoperla, Branchioperla, Dewaltoperla, Graciloperla, Lapisperla, Ovaloperla, Zwickoperla

Subtaxa: Petroperla mickjaggeri

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Type: Petroperla mickjaggeri

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (SMNS coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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