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Nemouridae (spring stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Nemouridae

Taxonomy
Nemouridae was named by Billberg (1820). It is extant. Its type is Nemoura.

It was assigned to Plecoptera by Lewis (1969); to Nemourina by Sinitshenkova (1987); to Nemouromorpha by Zwick (2000); and to Nemouroidea by Liu et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Nemouridae Billberg
1969Nemouridae Lewis p. 102
1987Nemouridae Sinitshenkova p. 79
2000Nemouridae Zwick
2011Nemouridae Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderPlecoptera
suborderArctoperlariaZwick 1973
infraorderEuholognathaZwick 1973
superfamilyNemouroidea
—Nemouromorpha
familyNemouridae
familyNemouridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Nemouridae Billberg 1820 [spring stonefly]
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Subfm. Amphinemurinae Baumann 1975
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G. Amphinemura Ris 1902
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†Amphinemura himberii Xu et al. 2022
Subfm. Nemourinae Billberg 1820
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G. †Balticonemoura Chen 2022
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G. Lednia Ricker 1952
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†Lednia zilli Caruso and Wichard 2010
G. Nemoura Latreille 1796
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†Nemoura electroaffinis Caruso and Wichard 2010
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Invalid names: Nemoura affinis Berendt 1856 [replaced]
†Nemoura lata Hagen 1856
†Nemoura ocularis Pictet and Hagen 1856
†Nemoura puncticollis Hagen 1856
G. Podmosta Ricker 1952
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†Podmosta attenuata Caruso and Wichard 2010
G. †Parvinemoura Liu et al. 2008
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†Parvinemoura parvus Liu et al. 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Ontogeny: moltingo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2011-07-02 09:44:25
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:44:25
Source: o = order
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Langhian or 130.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Parvinemoura parvus (140490)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Podmosta attenuata (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Balticonemoura bulbosus (194875) Lednia zilli (110735) Nemoura sp. (123927)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Nemoura affinis, Nemoura puncticollis, Nemoura ocularis (109625) Nemoura sp., Nemoura lata (120811)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Amphinemura himberii (220273)