Plecoptera or Plectoptera: plaited winged: an ordinal term applied to net-veined insects in which the secondaries are longitudinally folded beneath primaries; mouth mandibulate; body loosely jointed; prothorax free; metamorphosis incomplete: the term Plecoptera was used by Brauer for Perlidae; Plectoptera by Packard for the. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
We also have evidence that some streams no longer support the order Plecoptera (stoneflies). From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Biggers: Fearless Tree-Sit in Coal Blasting Area Calls Out Failed Regulations] Reference
Dragon-flies, three well-known orders of insects respectively called by systematists the Plecoptera, the Ephemeroptera and the Odonata. From Wordnik.com. [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference
Ephemerida or Plecoptera. From Wordnik.com. [The Insect Folk] Reference
Plecoptera. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
10 Plecoptera. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
Plecoptera, 24. From Wordnik.com. [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference
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