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Therefore, the phylogenetic position of Kathroperla and its traditionally designated subfamily Paraperlinae were investigated further using analysis of 800 orthologues from 32 Systellognatha Plecoptera, including all ten species of Paraperlinae, seven of which were sequenced for this dissertation chapter. Results from ML and msc analyses supported a monophyletic Kathroperla as sister to the remaining superfamily Perloidea. Examination of specimens revealed postocular head length as a distinct character. Combined molecular and morphological evidence supported Kathroperlidae, fam. n., as the seventeenth family of extant Plecoptera. Phylogenetic relationships were also examined at the species level within the Nearctic genus Perlesta Banks. A preliminary phylogenetic hypothesis for Perlesta was constructed for 17 congeners and outgroup taxa using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) barcoding fragment data for 66 specimens. 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