Zelandoperla

Zelandoperla is a genus of ‘long-tailed’ stoneflies endemic to New Zealand, placed within Southern Hemisphere family Gripopterygidae.^[1]

Zelandoperla
Zelandoperla fenestrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Plecoptera
Family:	Gripopterygidae
Subfamily:	Zelandoperlinae
Genus:	Zelandoperla Tillyard, 1923

Zelandoperla species occur in high-gradient, stoney streams throughout New Zealand, where they feed predominantly on biofilms.^[1]

The currently recognised species are:

• Zelandoperla agnetis (McLellan 1967)
• Zelandoperla decorata (Tillyard 1923)
• Zelandoperla denticulata (McLellan 1967)
• Zelandoperla fenestrata (Tillyard 1923)
• Zelandoperla maungatuaensis (Foster, McCulloch & Waters 2019)

Two additional described species (Zelandoperla pennulata; Zelandoperla tillyardi) are now considered to be ecotypes of the polymorphic Z. fenestrata.^[2][3]