NOMEN: Plecoptera Burmeister 1839 [H. Burmeister. Handbuch der Entomologie, Bd.2., Abt.2., Hf.2., 1839: 757-1050]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Burmeister
1839):
Nemoura sensu
Latreille 1796 (= "Semblis Fabr., p.p.") + Perla
sensu Latreille 1796 
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Perloptera Krausse & Wolff 1919
= Plecopterida Pearce 1936
= Pleconeoptera Kukalova-Peck & Peck 1993
= Plectoptera auct. (non Packard 1886)
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Perla/fg (incl. Nemoura)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Perla (sensu Geoffroy 1764), Perlariae, Perlarinia, Perlarides, Perlaridae, Perlides, Perlites, Perlina, Perlidae, Perlinae, Perlidi, Perloidea, Perlaria, Perlida
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.