Systematics of Gripopterygidae Enderlein, 1909 (Insecta: Plecoptera): cladistic analyses of Gripopteryginae with notes on Brazilian species and revision and phylogeny of Paragripopteryx Enderlein, 1909

• Main Author: Simões, Tácio Vitor Duarte
• Other Authors: Bispo, Pitágoras da Conceição, Calor, Adolfo Ricardo
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2019
• Subjects: Caracteres morfológicos; Filogenética; Insetos aquáticos; Região neotropical; Plecópteros; Aquatic insects; Phylogenetic; Neotropical region; Morphological characters; Stoneflies; Nordeste; Saliente; Uruguay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/59/59131/tde-24072019-144108/; https://doi.org/10.11606/T.59.2019.tde-24072019-144108

Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) includes 54 genera and about 320 species, 100 of them recorded from South America. Although recent molecular analysis does not support all subfamilies, the family is traditionally divided into five subfamilies, being Gripopteryginae endemic to South America, comprising 1...