InvertebrateIreland Online
InvertebrateIreland Online
Below is the Full Taxonomic Checklist. It has been recently updated with taxonomic changes, additions and deletions. These lists include the following taxa — Phylum, Class, Order, Superfamily, Family, Subfamily, Genus, Subgenus, Species and Subspecies. As with full species we only list those taxa present in Ireland. At each level in the taxonomic tree, the taxa are listed alphabetically. So the Subfamilies (if any are recognised) are ordered alphabetically within a Family, Genera alphabetically within Subfamily and/or Family and so on down the taxonomic tree. The only exception is the ordering of the families which follows the latest systematic opinion.
Clicking on a species name will take you to a species page, with further information.
| Phylum | Arthropoda | |||
| Class | Insecta | |||
| Order | Plecoptera | |||
| Family |  Photos by: Dr. C. Riley Nelson, Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UTAH USA 84602 | Taeniopterygidae | ||
| Genus | Brachyptera | |||
| Species | Brachyptera risi (Morton 1896) | |||
| Family |  Photos by: Dr. C. Riley Nelson, Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UTAH USA 84602 | Nemouridae | ||
| Genus | Amphinemura | |||
| Species | Amphinemura sulcicollis (Stephens 1836) | |||
| Genus | Nemoura | |||
| Species | Nemoura avicularis Morton 1894 | |||
| Species | Nemoura cinerea (Retzius 1783) | |||
| Genus | Nemurella | |||
| Species | Nemurella pictetii Klapálek 1900 | |||
| Genus | Protonemura | |||
| Species | Protonemura meyeri (Pictet 1841) | |||
| Species | Protonemura praecox (Morton 1894) | |||
| Family |  Photos by: Dr. C. Riley Nelson, Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UTAH USA 84602 | Leuctridae | ||
| Genus | Leuctra | |||
| Species | Leuctra fusca (Linnaeus 1758) | |||
| Species | Leuctra hippopus Kempny 1899 | |||
| Species | Leuctra inermis Kempny 1899 | |||
| Species | Leuctra nigra (Olivier 1811) | |||
| Family |  Photos by: Dr. C. Riley Nelson, Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UTAH USA 84602 | Capniidae | ||
| Genus | Capnia | |||
| Species | Capnia atra Morton 1896 | |||
| Species | Capnia bifrons (Newman 1839) | |||
| Family |  Isoperla grammatica (Poda 1761) | Perlodidae | ||
| Genus | Diura | |||
| Species | Diura bicaudata (Linnaeus 1758) | |||
| Genus | Isoperla | |||
| Species | Isoperla grammatica (Poda 1761) | |||
| Genus | Perlodes | |||
| Species | Perlodes microcephalus (Pictet 1833) | |||
| Family |  Example of Family Perlidae, North American species | Perlidae | ||
| Genus | Dinocras | |||
| Species | Dinocras cephalotes (Curtis 1827) | |||
| Genus | Perla | |||
| Species | Perla bipunctata Pictet 1833 | |||
| Family |  Photos by: Dr. C. Riley Nelson, Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UTAH USA 84602 | Chloroperlidae | ||
| Genus | Chloroperla | |||
| Species | Chloroperla tripunctata (Scopoli 1763) | |||
| Genus | Siphonoperla | |||
| Species | Siphonoperla torrentium (Pictet 1841) |