Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae of Gunnison County, Colorado
IntroductionGreen stoneflies, Little yellow stoneflies
Updated 5 Spet 2008
Provisional Species List
Alloperla pilosa
Alloperla_severa
Paraperla frontalis
Plumiperla diversa
Suwallia dubia
Suwallia lineosa
Suwallia pallidula
Suwallia sierra
Suwallia starki
Suwallia wardi
Sweltsa albertensis
Sweltsa borealis
Sweltsa coloradensis
Sweltsa fidelis
Sweltsa lamba
Triznaka pintada
Triznaka signata
Links
On this website:
Key to Chloroperlidae nymphs
Other Websites:
Chloroperlidae - Aquatic Insects of Michigan by Ethan Bright
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/~ethanbr/aim/Keys/Plecoptera/id_pom_chloroperlidae.html
PAN Pesticides database: http://www.pesticideinfo.org/List_AquireAll.jsp?Species=680∓Effect=
Chloroperlid Catalog
http://homepage.mac.com/kawagera/plec/catalogue/chloroperlid.htm
References
Baumann,RW; Gaufin,AR; Surdick,RF 1977 The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 31, 1-208.
Quoted from page 165: "The family Chloroperlidae in the Rocky Mountains comprises two subfamilies, eight genera and twenty-three species.
Most chloroperlid adults can be distinguished from other stoneflies by their reduced wing veination, oval pronotum and delicate yellow, green or olive drab coloration. The genus Ultaperla, however, is sometimes confused with the genus Capnia by inexperienced students because of its dark coloration. Forking in the second anal vein of the forewing easily separates the chloroperlids from the perlodids.
The nymphs of Chloroperlidae differ from those of other families in Systellognatha by their short cerci, lack of distinct color patterns, rounded wing pads and complete absence of external gills(figs 15, 478). The body is tubular-shaped and bristled; well adapted to burrowing in the fine gravel of streambeds."
Pennack,RW; Ward,JV 1986 Interstital faunal communities of the hyporheic and adjacent groundwater biotopes of a Colorado mountain stream. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Suppl. 74 3, 356-396.
They found Chloroperlidae nymphs in the hyporheic zone of the South Platte river in the Front Range of Colorado at 1863 meters elevation.
Surdick,Rebecca F 1985 Nearctic Genera of Chloroperlinae (Plecoptera:Chloroperlidae). University of Illinios Press, Urbana, IL. 146 pages.
Surdick,Rebbeca F 1995 New western nearactic Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 97(1), 161-177.
Surdick,Rebecca F 1995 New western nearctic Sweltsa (Plecoptera:Chloroperlidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 97(1), 161-177.
Ward,JV; Kondratieff,BC; Zuellig,RE 2002 An Illustrated Guide to the Mountain Stream Insects of Colorado. 2nd ed. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 219 pages.
Illustration of Chloroperlidae nymph on page 74, figure 36.
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