Plecoptera: Perlodidae of Gunnison County, Colorado
Isoperla sobria (Hagen, 1874)Colorado Stripetail
Updated 23 July 2006
Notes
Older publications may refer to this species as Isoperla ebria, Perla ebria or Clioperla ebria.
Links
On this website:
Isoperla Introduction
Key to Perlodidae nymphs
Other Websites:
Map - Kondratieff, Boris C. (coordinator). 2000. Mayflies of the United States. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. (Version 12DEC2003). http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/sfly/usa/483.htm
Adult Photo - from the Tree of Life Adult Photo
References
Baumann, RW Gaufin, AR, Surdick, RF 1977: The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 31, 1-208.
Discussed as Isoperla ebria. Quote from page 142: "This species commonly occurs in creeks and rivers. The adults emerge from May through July."
Hagen, HA, 1874 Report on the Pseudo-neuroptera and Neuroptera collected by Lieut. W.L. Carpenter in 1873 in Colorado. Annual Report of the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Teritories, embracing Colorado, 7: 571-577.
Original description of this animal as Perla ebria.
Sandberg,JB; Stewart,KW 2003 Continued studies of drumming in North American Plecoptera; Evolutionary implications. In: Research Update on Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera. Ed: Gaino,E University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, 73-81.
Has the sonogram of a duet between a male and female, with two variations on the female answer.
Sandberg, JB; Stewart, KW 2006 Continued Studies of Vibrational Communication (Drumming) Of North American Plecoptera. Illiesia 2006 2(1):1-14. PDF (227 Kb)
Has sonograms of the male half of a duet between a male and female I. sobria from Oregon.
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 6.42
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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