Diura

Diura
Diura bicaudata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Perlodidae
Tribe: Perlodini
Genus: Diura
Billberg, 1820[1]

Diura is a genus of insects belonging to the family Perlodidae,[2] subfamily Perlodinae and tribe Perlodini.

The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.[2]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]

  1. Diura bicaudata (Linnaeus, 1758) type species (as Phryganea bicaudata Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Diura frequens (Matsumura, 1905)
  3. Diura knowltoni (Frison, 1937)
  4. Diura majuscula (Klapálek, 1912)
  5. Diura nanseni (Kempny, 1900)
  6. Diura washingtoniana (Hanson, 1940)

Note: the name Diura chronus is a synonym for the Australian stick insect Ctenomorpha marginipennis; having been placed in the genus Didymuria by William Forsell Kirby in 1904, it was subsequently accepted as Ctenomorpha chronus (Gray, 1833).

References

  1. ^ Billberg GJ (1820) In Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Billberg.
  2. ^ a b c "Diura Billberg, 1820". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 December 2023.