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Zelandoperla
Sign in to saveZelandoperla is a genus of ‘long-tailed’ stoneflies endemic to New Zealand, placed within Southern Hemisphere family Gripopterygidae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Gripopterygidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, USNM, KANU
- Recorded in
- New Zealand
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gripopterygidae
- Image
- Zelandoperla decorata 57333247.jpg
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Zelandoperla is a genus of ‘long-tailed’ stoneflies endemic to New Zealand, placed within Southern Hemisphere family Gripopterygidae.
Zelandoperla species occur in high-gradient, stoney streams throughout New Zealand, where they feed predominantly on biofilms.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zelandoperla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.