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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16
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journal article
6786
10.5281/zenodo.4759416
07c83cbb-d592-43c1-894e-9fbcd0f48339
1854-0392
4759416
Perlinella drymo
(Newman)
is the less commonly collected of the two
Pennsylvania
species of
Perlinella
.
Both
adults and nymphs are extremely elusive.
Only
two previous
Pennsylvania
adult records exist, one from
Northampton County
in 1931 and one from
Cumberland County
in 1949 (
Masteller 1996
).
Perlinella drymo
is a widespread
North American
species found from the
Canadian Maritimes
south to
Florida
and west to
Minnesota and Texas
.
New records:
LUZERNE: (S) Nescopeck Creek, old foot bridge at lower end of Nescopeck State Park,
20 April 2001
, 1 nymph (MW);
MONTGOMERY: (D) unnamed tributary to Schuylkill River near Spring City,
9 February 2005
, 1 nymph (MB).
Based on these records,
P. drymo
appears to prefer smaller cooler creeks than
P. ephyre
(Newman)
, which inhabits large warm water creeks and rivers in
Pennsylvania
.