Plecoptera: Nemouridae of Gunnison County, ColoradoPodmosta delicatula - Delicate ForestflyClaassen 1923Updated 2 Jun 2010
TSN 102606 Good LinksOn 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 ReferencesBaumann,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." Claassen,PW 1923 New species of North American Plecoptera. Canadian Entomologist 55, 257-263,281-292. 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. "The Nemouridae were represented by five species in the stomach samples. Malenka flexura, Podmosta decepta, P. delicatula, Zapada cinctipes, and Z. haysi." 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." Peckarsky,BL 1985 Do predaceous stoneflies and siltation affect the structure of stream insect communities colonizing enclosures? Canadian Journal of Zoology 63, 1519-1530. |