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The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Belarus: Fauna and biotopic distribution

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A total of 29 species of stoneflies (Plecoptera) from 7 families were found in Belarus: Perlodidae—6, Perlidae—1, Chloroperlidae—3, Taeniopterygidae—2, Nemouridae—11, Capniidae—2, and Leuctridae—4 species. The fauna is fairly diverse and includes a number of rare species in Belarus and other European countries: Diura bicaudata, Marthamea vitripennis, Isoptena serricornis, Xanthoperla apicalis, Brachyptera risi, Protonemura intricata, Nemoura cambrica, Nemoura marginata, and Capnia bifrons.

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Original Russian Text © M.D. Moroz, T.P. Lipinskaya, 2016, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2016, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 67–76.

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Moroz, M.D., Lipinskaya, T.P. The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Belarus: Fauna and biotopic distribution. Entmol. Rev. 96, 168–174 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873816020044

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