Plecoptera: Leuctridae of Gunnison County, Colorado
Paraleuctra vershina Gaufin and Ricker 1974Summit Needlefly
Updated 30 May 2005
Links
On this website:
Introduction to Leuctridae
Paraleuctra sara
Other Websites:
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/158.htm
References
Baumann,RW; Gaufin,AR; Surdick,RF 1977 The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 31.
Quote from page 102: " This species occurs abundantly in creeks and rivers. The adults emerge from March to August. " Illustrations on page 101; Figure 329 cercus, 330 male terminalia, dorsal view; 331 female terminalia, ventral view.
Bottorff,RL and Bottorff,LD 2007 Phenology and diversity of adult stoneflies (Plecoptera) of a small coastal stream, California. Illiesia 3(1):1-9 Pdf 292 Kb
Duffield,RM; Nelson,CH 1998 Stoneflies (Plecoptera) in the diet of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchell) in Libby Creek, Wyoming, USA. Hydrobiologia 380, 59-65.
Although collected as adults in the streamside vegetation, Paraleuctra vershina was not found in the stomach contents of the trout living in the stream.
Kondratieff,BC; 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.
Quote from page 391: "Stark et al. (1973) reported this species as P. sara (Claassen), a species now considered restricted to eastern North America (Stark and Kyzar, 2001). Paraleuctra vershina is the most common and widespread species of the genus in Colorado, occurring throughout the Mountain and Plateau regions (Gaufin and Ricker, 1974, Baumann et al. 1977). Females can be collected as late as August at higher elevations."
Stark,BP; Kyzar,JW 2000 Systematics of nearctic Paraleuctra with description of a new genus (Plecoptera:Leuctridae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 144 1, 119-135.
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The authors split Pomoleuctra from Paraleuctra and provide keys to Leuctridae, Pomoleuctraand Paraleuctra adults.
Stark,BP; Oblad,BR; Gaufin,AR 1973 An annotated list of the Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Colorado Part I. Entomological News 84 9, 269-277.
Discussed as Paraleuctra sara.
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