Soyedina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Anartioptera
Magnordo: Polyplecoptera
Superordo: Plecopterida
Ordo: Plecoptera
Subordo: Arctoperlaria
Group: Holognatha
Superfamilia: Nemouroidea

Familia: Nemouridae
Subfamilia: Nemourinae
Genus: Soyedina
Species: S. alexandria – S. calcarea – S. vallicularia

Name

Soyedina Ricker, 1952

Soyedina vallicularia

Links

Soyedina – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Soyedina is a genus of stoneflies belonging to the family Nemouridae. This exclusively Nearctic genus was originally erected as a subgenus of Nemoura but was elevated to genus status by Joachim Illies in 1966. There are currently 11 described species, most only identifiable by small differences in the genitalia.
Species

Soyedina alexandria
Soyedina calcarea
Soyedina carolinensis
Soyedina interrupta
Soyedina kondratieffi
Soyedina merritti
Soyedina nevadensis
Soyedina parkeri
Soyedina potteri
Soyedina producta
Soyedina sheldoni
Soyedina vallicularia
Soyedina washingtoni

References

Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org
Soyedina alexandria and S. calcarea (Plecoptera: Nemouridae), new stonefly species from the eastern Nearctic region and notes on the life cycle of S. calcarea