Taeniopteryx burksi Ricker and Ross, 1968

A Winter Stonefly

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Plecoptera

Family: Taeniopterygidae

Genus: Taeniopteryx

Species: Taeniopteryx burksi

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Taeniopteryx burksi

Taeniopteryx burksi

Adult on snow

Essex County, MA

Date: 2018-03-11

Taeniopteryx burksi

Adult on shrub

Essex County, MA

Date: 2018-03-11

Taeniopteryx burksi

Adult on shrub

Essex County, MA

Date: 2018-03-11

Taeniopteryx burksi

Newly emerged larva, on snow

Essex County, MA

Date: 2018-03-11

Taeniopteryx burksi

Newly emerged larva, on snow

Essex County, MA

Date: 2018-03-11

Taeniopteryx burksi

Newly emerged larva, on snow

Essex County, MA

Date: 2018-03-11