New State Stonefly (Plecoptera) Records For Pennsylvania, With Additional Records And Information On Rare Species
Author
Earle, Jane I.
text
Illiesia
2009
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.4759416
07c83cbb-d592-43c1-894e-9fbcd0f48339
1854-0392
4759416
Leuctra alexanderi
Hanson
has been previously recorded from only 5 small cold forested creeks or spring runs in
Pennsylvania
(
Earle 2004b
,
Masteller 1996
). The
Pennsylvania
distribution of
L
.
alexanderi
is the
Potomac River
basin, west and north of the Allegheny Front through the
Ohio
and
upper West Branch Susquehanna River
basins, and east to the upper
Delaware
River basin in northeastern
Pennsylvania
.
Leuctra alexanderi
is not as widely distributed in
North America
as other
Leuctra
species
, having been confirmed from only 5 states from
Pennsylvania
south to
Tennessee
.
Leuctra alexanderi
is common in small spring-fed creeks in western
Maryland
(
Grubbs 1997
).
New Records
:
BEDFORD
: (P)
Fifteenmile Creek
,
Old Big Mountain Rd.
,
24 May 2002
,
1♂
,
1♀
;
spring run to an unnamed tributary to Blues Gap Run,
800 m
north of
Elbinsville
,
6 June 2001
,
2♂
;
FAYETTE: (O)
Back Creek
,
800 m
upstream of mouth,
4 June 1996
,
2♂
;
WESTMORELAND: (O) Grove Run,
75 m
upstream of mouth,
13 June 2009
,
2♂
;
spring run to
Indian Creek
,
PA Rte.
381, 1 km
north of
PA Rte.
31,
4 June 1996
,
1♂
.