Dewaltoperla Chen 2023 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Peltoperlidae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen. 2023. A new peltoperlid stonefly from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae). Cretaceous Research 150(105596)

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

See also Chen 2023

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

Subtaxa: Dewaltoperla edwardi

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Type: Dewaltoperla edwardi

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CZT Chen amber/Jiangsu University collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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