Stoneflies - Plecoptera: Nemouridae of Gunnison County, ColoradoAmphinemura linda - Lovely ForestflyRicker 1952Updated 8 Feb 2017
 The classic Nemouridae X in an Amphinemura forewing NotesThis animal has not been reported from the Gunnison Basin. Watch for this species at higher elevations. Previously named Nemoura linda. Included on this website because it is present a bit north of Gunnison County.Good LinksOn this website:Amphinemura banksi Introduction to the Amphinemura Introduction to Nemouridae Other Websites: Photo from Tom Murray ReferencesBaumann,RW, Gaufin,AR and Surdick,RF 1977 The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 31, 1-208. PDFQuote from page 28: "This species, although widespread in Alaska, Canada and the north central United States, seems to be uncommon in the Rocky Mountains. The adults emerge from June to August." Figure 76 female terminalia ventral view, Figure 77 male terminalia dorsal view, Figure 78, male terminalia lateral view on page 31. Harper,PP 1973 Life histories of Nemouridae and Leuctridae in southern Ontario (Plecoptera). Hydrobiologia, 41(3), pp.309-356. A. linda overwinters as a diapausing egg and emerges as an adult in late summer in Ontario. Kondratieff,BC and Baumann,RW 2002 A review of the stoneflies of Colorado with description of a new species of Capnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae). Transactions of American Entomological Society 128 3, 385-401. Not mentioned in this paper! Ricker, WE 1952. Systematic studies in Plecoptera. Indiana University Publications, Science Series 18, 200 pages, Bloomington, Indiana. PDF Ricker,WE 1992 Origin of stonefly names proposed by Ricker and collaborators. Perla, 18(1) 12 pages. PDF Quote from page 3: [Amphinemura] "linda (Ricker 1952). - Nemoura (Amphinemura). Linda Skaar was my assistant for a few years in Indiana, and she requested this name. " |