Dinocras ferreri is a species of stonefly belonging to the family Perlidae.
Distribution Dinocras ferreri is present in France, Italy, and Switzerland.GBIF The species is restricted to the southern edge of the Alps, and it can also be found in small parts of the northern Apennines.
Description Adults can reach approximately in length and can mainly be encountered in small waterways.
The basic coloration of the body is pale brown, including the head and legs. The wings are membranous and translucent, with evident brown veins. At rest they are folded over the body. The head has threadlike antennae and yellow spots on the sides. The abdomen is yellow, with two cerci.Roberto Messori Entomological Guide: Ephemeroptera Trichoptera Plecoptera
Both sexes are winged, but the adults are bad fliers and never leave the running cold waters where the larvae develop.Silvae The flat larvae usually stay under rocks just emerging from the waters.
Bibliography Aubert (1949) Plécoptères helvétiques. Notes faunistiques et zoogéographiques, Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 64:321-360 Illies (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera, Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. (Das Tierreich) 82:632 Navás (1933) Insetti neurotteri e affini del Piemonte. Plecoptera., Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana (Mem. Soc. Entomol. Ital.) 12:150-162 Pictet, F.J. (1841) Familie des Perlides, Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des insectes névroptères, J. Kessmann etc., Genève 1:1-423, 53 pl. Plecoptera SF: Plecoptera Species File. DeWalt R.E.; New-Becker U. & Stueber G. Walker (1852) Part I. Phryganides-Perlides., Catalogue of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British museum, Edward Newman, London 1:1-192
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Biolib Larva at Treknature