Stoneflies - Plecoptera: Nemouridae of Gunnison County, ColoradoPodmosta decepta - Least Forestfly (Frison, 1942)
Updated 6 Oct 2011
Good Links
On this website:
Key to Nemouridae Nymphs
Key to Nemouridae Males
Key to Nemouridae Females
Other Websites:
Kondratieff, Boris C. and Richard W. Baumann (coordinators). 2000. Stoneflies of the United States.
Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/sfly/usa/203.htm (Version 12DEC2003).
References
Baumann,RW, Gaufin,AR and Surdick,RF 1977 The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 31, 1-208.
Quote from page 37: "This species is found in small to medium sized creeks and sometimes in cold mountain lakes. The adults emerge from April to August. "
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.
Quote from page 392: " This tiny species is found at high elevations in and around mountain meadows in the northern part of the state. It usually emerges in the summer months."
Stewart,KW and Stark,BP 2011 Further descriptions of western North American Podmosta larvae and their separation from Ostrocerca larvae (Plecoptera: Nemouridae). Illiesia 7(10):104-117. PDF
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