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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Plecoptera |
| Family: | Nemouridae |
| Subfamily: | Nemourinae |
| Genus: | Ostrocerca Ricker, 1952 |
Ostrocerca is a genus of spring stoneflies in the family Nemouridae. There are about six described species in Ostrocerca.
Species
These six species belong to the genus Ostrocerca:
- Ostrocerca albidipennis (Walker, 1852) (white-tailed forestfly)
- Ostrocerca complexa (Claassen, 1937) (notched forestfly)
- Ostrocerca dimicki (Frison, 1936) (hooked forestfly)
- Ostrocerca foersteri (Ricker, 1943)
- Ostrocerca prolongata (Claassen, 1923) (bent forestfly)
- Ostrocerca truncata (Claassen, 1923) (truncate forestfly)
References
- "Ostrocerca Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ "Ostrocerca Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ "Ostrocerca Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ "Browse Ostrocerca". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Baumann, Richard W.; Gaufin, Arden R.; Surdick, Rebecca F. (1977). "The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains ". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 31.
- Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and stoneflies: Life histories and biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4.
- DeWalt, R.; Cao, Y.; Tweddale, T.; Grubbs, S.; et al. (2012). "Ohio USA stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera): species richness estimation, distribution of functional niche traits, drainage affiliations, and relationships to other states". ZooKeys (178): 1. doi:10.3897/zookeys.178.2616. PMC 3317619. PMID 22539876.
- DeWalt, R.E.; Maehr, M.D.; Neu-Becker, U.; Stueber, G. (2013). "Plecoptera species file online. Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- Hynes, H.B.N. (1976). "Biology of plecoptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 21 (1): 135–153. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.21.010176.001031.
- Stewart, Kenneth W.; Stark, Bill P. (1988). Nymphs of North American stonefly genera (Plecoptera). Entomological Society of America. ISBN 978-0929398556.
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