%0 Journal Article %T Biological observations on Tupiperla (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) %A FROEHLICH %A C. G. %J Revista Brasileira de Biologia %D 2000 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0034-71082000000300009 %X tupiperla illiesi fly along the year in the coastal mountains of southeastern brazil, with larger numbers during the warmer rainy season. in the seasonal tropical climate of central brazil and serra do cip¨®, mg, t. oliveirai and t. gracilis, respectively, fly along the year but the pattern is still not known. in the higher elevation (ca. 1600 m a.s.l.) of campos do jordŁżo, sp, species of tupiperla may not fly during the colder months. seasonal size variation, a phenomenon still little understood, occurred both in tropical and subtropical climates of the states of goi¨˘s and sŁżo paulo. %K tupiperla %K flight periods %K seasonal size variation %K plecoptera %K brazil. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-71082000000300009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en