Zwickoperla Chen and Wang 2020 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Peltoperlidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen and B. Wang. 2020. New females of Perlidae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from Cenomanian Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 106(104203)

Parent taxon: Borisoperlinae according to Z. T. Chen and C. P. Xu 2020

See also Chen and Wang 2020

Sister taxa: Borisoperla, Dewaltoperla

Subtaxa: Zwickoperla brevicauda

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Type: Zwickoperla brevicauda

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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