Soliperla
C. Riley Nelson![taxon links](/Public/treeImages/Soliperla.png?x=2057761949)
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Soliperla Ricker includes 6 Nearctic species. All are distributed along the western coast of North America from Washington south to the middle of California (Stark 1983).
Characteristics
Stark (1983) listed the synapomorphies for Soliperla as: 1, an epiproct with recurved crenulate apex; 2, having a membranous pair of lobes associated with the epiproct.
References
Stark, B. P. 1983. A review of the genus Soliperla (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae). Great Basin Natur. 43: 30-44.
Stark, B. P. and C. R. Nelson. 1994. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of genus Yoraperla (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae). Entomol. Scandinavica 25: 242-273.
Stark, B. P. and K. W. Stewart. 1981. The nearctic genera of Peltoperlidae (Plecoptera). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 54: 285-311.
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C. Riley Nelson
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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Nelson, C. Riley. 1996. Soliperla. Version 01 January 1996 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Soliperla/14213/1996.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/