Ovaloperla Chen and Xu 2022 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Peltoperlidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen and C. P. Xu. 2022. A new stonefly of Petroperlidae (Insecta: Plecoptera) and its eggs from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Cretaceous Research 138(105272)

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

See also Chen and Xu 2022

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

Subtaxa: Ovaloperla staniczeki

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Type: Ovaloperla staniczeki

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

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

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