New State Stonefly (Plecoptera) Records For Pennsylvania, With Additional Records And Information On Rare Species
Author
Earle, Jane I.
text
Illiesia
2009
5
16
169
181
journal article
6786
10.5281/zenodo.4759416
07c83cbb-d592-43c1-894e-9fbcd0f48339
1854-0392
4759416
Perlodidae
The
Pennsylvania
Perlodidae
fauna is represented by 27 species in 9 genera. The family is divided into 2 subfamilies,
Isoperlinae
which in
Pennsylvania
includes
Isoperla
and
Clioperla
, and
Perlodinae
, which includes the other genera.
Isoperla
has the most species of all the
Pennsylvania
stonefly genera, 17 described species and several undescribed species (Szczytko and Kondratieff unpublished).
Perlodinae
are most commonly collected in the forested mountainous regions of
Pennsylvania
. Although
Perlodinae
nymphs are often collected in the proper habitat, adults of most genera are rarely collected. Only new adult records are included for the following species.
Two
species of
Diploperla
have been reported from
Pennsylvania
:
D. duplicata
(Banks)
, which ranges from
Pennsylvania
south to
Georgia
, and
D. robusta
Stark and Gaufin
, which was split from
D. duplicata
in 1974 and ranges from
Connecticut
south to
Indiana and Kentucky
.
Recent
collections suggest that
D. duplicata
is restricted to eastern
Pennsylvania
and
D
.
robusta
to western
Pennsylvania
; however, several records predating 1974 need to be examined and additional specimens collected.
Both
species of
Diploperla
are found in small to medium creeks.
Diploperla
nymphs are especially common in small creeks in the
Allegheny National Forest
in northwestern
Pennsylvania
.