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Plecoptera: Nemouridae of Gunnison County, Colorado

Podmosta delicatula - Delicate Forestfly

Claassen 1923
Updated 20 April 2008

Links

On this website:
Nemouridae Introduction
Podmosta decepta

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/204.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 37: "The nymphs are common in creeks and rivers throughout their range. The adults emerge from April to August."

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 392: " Podmosta delicatula is much more common than P. decepta and occurs in similar habitats."

Claassen,PW 1923 New species of North American Plecoptera. Canadian Entomologist 55, 257-263,281-292.

Peckarsky,BL 1985 Do predaceous stoneflies and siltation affect the structure of stream insect communities colonizing enclosures? Canadian Journal of Zoology 63, 1519-1530.

Brown, Wendy S. 2004 Plecoptera or Stoneflies of Gunnison County, Colorado
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