Plecoptera of Gunnison County, Colorado
Introduction to the Taeniopterygidae
Willowflies, Water stoneflies, Winter Stoneflies Klapálek, 1905
Updated 23 Jan 2023
TSN 102788
Provisional Species List
Subfamily Brachypterinae
Doddsia occidentalis (Needham and Claassen) 1925
Taenionema pacificum (Banks) 1900
Taenionema pallidum (Banks) 1902 (T. nigripenne is a synonym)
Good Links
On this website:
Key to Taeniopterygidae Nymphs
Key to Taeniopterygidae Males
Key to Taeniopterygidae Females
Other Websites:
Photos, Map, Museum specimens, DNA - Barcodinglife.org
Discussion of winter stoneflies from the Xerces Society
Photos from bugguide.net
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. PDF
Chen,ZT and Du,YZ 2018 The first two mitochondrial genomes from Taeniopterygidae (Insecta: Plecoptera): Structural features and phylogenetic implications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 111, pp.70-76. PDF
Dodds,GS and Hisaw,FL 1925 Ecological studies on aquatic insects. IV. Altitudinal range and zonation of mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies in the Colorado Rockies. Ecology 6(4)380-390. Abstract PDF
Fullington,KE and Stewart,KW 1980 Nymphs of the stonefly genus Taeniopteryx (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) of North America. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, pp.237-259.
Abstract: "Nymphs of the nine Nearctic Taeniopteryx species were reared and studied during 1976-1978. Nymphal associations of the 839 specimens examined corresponded with the two established adult groupings, Taeniopterys burksi-maura, and T. lita-lonicera-starki complexes. A key separating seven of the nine species, based primarily upon pigment patterns and abdominal setal arrangements was constructed. Taeniopteryx lita and T. starki were indistinguishable; T. burksi can be separated from T. maura when no developing femoral spur is present. Mouthparts were not species-diagnostic. Detailed habitus illustrations were made for six species. SEM study revealed that eggs of three species were 1.2-1.4 mm in diameter, with a highly sculptured chorion, generally resembling a Maclura fruit; micropyles were scattered. Taeniopteryx lita, lonicera, starki and ugola nymphs were reared and described for the first time. Previously unreported nymphal and adult distribution records are included."
So far Taeniopteryx species have only been reported from the front range and plains of Colorado, but I included this reference to be complete.
Klapálek,F 1905 Conspectus Plecopterorum Bohemiae. Casopis Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Entomologické 2: 27-32.
Describes the Stonefly family Taeniopterygidae for the first time.
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.
Peckarsky,BL 1986 Colonization of natural substrates by stream benthos. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43, 700-709.
Stanger,JA and Baumann,RW 1993 A revision of the stonefly genus Taenionema (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, pp.171-229.
Abstract: "Thirteen species of Taenionema are currently recognized. One species is known from Japan and the Soviet Far East, whereas twelve are North American in distribution. Descriptions and keys are given to adult males and females and a proposed phylogeny is presented. Four new species are named from western North America: T. jacobii, T. jewetti, T. uinta, and T. umatilla. Taenionema nigripenne (Banks) is synonymized under T. pallidum (Banks) and T. kincaidi (Hoppe) is recognized as a valid species."
Stark,BP; Szczytko,SW; Baumann,RW 1986 North American stoneflies (Plecoptera): systematics, distribution, and taxonomic references. Great Basin Naturalist 46, 383-397.
Stewart,KW 2009 New descriptions of North American Taenionema larvae (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae). Illiesia, 5(12), p.128. PDF
Abstract: "The larvae of Taenionema have been poorly known, with only partial written descriptions and illustrations available for Taenionema kincaidi (Hoppe) and Taenionema pallidum (Banks), prior to the detailed description of
Taenionema pacificum (Banks). Larvae of all 13 North American species were associated beginning in 1983, and comparatively studied to test the proposed generic characters, and to determine if they could be separated with external morphological characters. An expanded generic diagnosis, 112 comparative illustrations, and a provisional key to the 13 species are presented. Separation of larvae to species with the key requires a combination of characters of the 9th sternum of males and females, geographic distribution, and the few other species-specific characters."
Stewart,KW and Stark,BP 2002 Nymphs of North American Stonefly Genera. 2nd edition The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio. 510 pages.
Stewart,KW and Zeigler,DD 1984 Drumming behavior of twelve North American stonefly (Plecoptera) species: First descriptions in Peltoperlidae, Taeniopterygidae and Chloroperlidae. Aquatic Insects. 6(1) 49 - 61. Abstract
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