Eccoptura Explained

Eccoptura is a genus of common stoneflies in the family Perlidae. There is at least one described species in Eccoptura, E. xanthenes. It is known as the "yellow stone" and is found in North America.

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Baumann . Richard W.. Gaufin . Arden R.. Surdick . Rebecca F.. 1977. The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains [USA]]. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 31.
• Book: Campbell . Ian C.. 1990. Mayflies and stoneflies: Life histories and biology. Springer. 978-94-010-7579-4. 10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. 39201439.
• DeWalt . R.. Cao . Y.. Tweddale . T.. Grubbs . S.. Hinz . L.. 4. 2012. Ohio USA stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera): species richness estimation, distribution of functional niche traits, drainage affiliations, and relationships to other states. ZooKeys. 178. 10.3897/zookeys.178.2616. free . 22539876 . 3317619 . 1–26.
• Web site: 2018-05-12. DeWalt . R.E.. Maehr . M.D.. Neu-Becker . U.. Stueber . G.. 2013. Plecoptera species file online. Version 5.0.
• Hynes . H.B.N.. 1976. Biology of plecoptera. Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Reviews. 21. 1. 135–153. 10.1146/annurev.en.21.010176.001031.
• Book: Stewart . Kenneth W.. Stark . Bill P.. 1988. Nymphs of North American stonefly genera (Plecoptera). Entomological Society of America. 978-0929398556.