Plecoptera: Nemouridae of Gunnison County, ColoradoPodmosta 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.
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