Plecoptera:Chloroperlidae of Gunnison County, Colorado
Sweltsa coloradensis (Banks 1898)Colorado Sallfly
Updated 3 June 2009
Notes
Older publications may refer to this species as Chloroperla coloradensis.
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References
Banks, N. 1898 Descriptions of new North American neuropteroid insects. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 25:199-218.
Original description of S. coloradensis as Chloroperla coloradensis.
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 178: "This species is common in creeks and small rivers throughout its range. The adults emerge from April through 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 394. "This common and widespread Western North American species can be abundant in many Montane and Plateau streams, including larger streams between 1,600m and 2,500m."
Nelson,SM; Roline,RA 1999 Relationships between metals and hyporheic invertebrate community structure in a river recovering from metals contamination. Hydrobiologia 397, 211-226.
They found Sweltsa pr. coloradensis primarily in the hyporheic samples. The mean density in the surface samples was 2000 animals/meter² while in the hyporheic zone there was a mean of 13,744 animals/meter².
Stewart,KW; Stark,BP 2002: Nymphs of North American Stonefly Genera. 2nd edition The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio. 510 pages.
Photo of nymph on page 105 figure 6.8
Surdick,RF 1985 Nearctic Genera of Chloroperlinae (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL. 146 pages.
Surdick,RF 1995 New western nearctic Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97 1, 161-177.
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