title: Pteronarcys
text: # Pteronarcys
  
  Pteronarcys is a genus of giant stoneflies in the family Pteronarcyidae. There are about 8 described species in Pteronarcys.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Pteronarcys biloba Newman, 1838 (knobbed salmonfly)
  * Pteronarcys californica Newport, 1848 (giant salmonfly)
  * Pteronarcys comstocki Smith, 1917
  * Pteronarcys dorsata (Say, 1823) (American salmonfly)
  * Pteronarcys pictetii Hagen, 1873 (midwestern salmonfly)
  * Pteronarcys princeps Banks, 1907 (ebony salmonfly)
  * Pteronarcys proteus Newman, 1838 (Appalachian salmonfly)
  * Pteronarcys scotti Ricker, 1952
  