Plecoptera: Perlodidae of Gunnison County, Colorado
Isoperla pinta Frison 1937Checkered Stripetail
Updated 2 Dec 2005
Links
On this website:
Introduction to Isoperla
Key to Perlodidae Nymphs
Other Websites:
Map - Kondratieff, Boris C. and Richard W. Baumann (coordinators). 2000. Stoneflies of the United States. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. (Version 12DEC2003).
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/sfly/usa/474.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.
Quote from page 152: "This species is common in creeks and rivers in the Pacific Northwest but rare in the Rocky Mts. The adults emerge from March to July. "
Frison,TH 1937 II. Descriptions of Plecoptera with special reference to the Illinois species. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 21 3, 78-99.
Original description of this species on page 92-94. Illustrations include figure 81 of male wing, abdominal tergites and subanal hook, head and pronotum, nymph maxilla and labium and female abdominal sternites as well as figure 82 of entire nymph.
Stewart,KW; Stark,BP 2002: Nymphs of North American Stonefly Genera. 2nd edition The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio. 510 pages. Photo of nymph habitus on page 110 figure 6.38
Szczytko,SW; Stewart,KW 1979a The genus Isoperla (Plecoptera) of western North America; holomorphology and systematics, and a new stonefly genus Cascadoperla. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 32, 1-120.
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