Borisoperla Chen and Xu 2020 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Peltoperlidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen and C. P. Xu. 2020. First Peltoperlidae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 114(104506)

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

See also Chen and Xu 2020

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

Subtaxa: Borisoperla kondratieffi

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Type: Borisoperla kondratieffi

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

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

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