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Austroperlidae
Austroperlidae is a family of stoneflies in the order Plecoptera. There are about 10 genera and 15 described species in Austroperlidae across southern land masses Australia, New Zealand, and South America.Austroperlidae species are unique among stoneflies in having aposematic (warning) colouration. For instance, the New Zealand black stonefly Austroperla is a forest dwelling shredder that is toxic to predators due to its production of hydrogen cyanide. The warning colouration of this species is mimicked by several
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Austroperla
genusAustroperla
Acruroperla
genusAcruroperla
Tasmanoperla
genusTasmanoperla
Klapopteryx
genusKlapopteryx
Austroheptura
genusAustroheptura
Andesobius
genusAndesobius
Pseudoheptura
genusPseudoheptura
Austropentura
genusAustropentura
Penturoperla
genusPenturoperla
Crypturoperla
genusCrypturoperla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 372957.