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Pteronarcys
Sign in to savePteronarcys is a genus of giant stoneflies in the family Pteronarcyidae. There are about 8 described species in Pteronarcys. thumb|Pteronarcys pictetii
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- 645
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- Pteronarcyidae
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- GMNH, CU, INHS
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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Pteronarcys is a genus of giant stoneflies in the family Pteronarcyidae. There are about 8 described species in Pteronarcys. thumb|Pteronarcys pictetii
==Species== Pteronarcys biloba Newman, 1838 (knobbed salmonfly) Pteronarcys californica Newport, 1848 (giant salmonfly) Pteronarcys comstocki Smith, 1917 Pteronarcys dorsata (Say, 1823) (American salmonfly) Pteronarcys pictetii Hagen, 1873 (midwestern salmonfly) Pteronarcys princeps Banks, 1907 (ebony salmonfly) Pteronarcys proteus Newman, 1838 (Appalachian salmonfly) Pteronarcys scotti Ricker, 1952
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