Two New Stonefly Species In The Sweltsa Coloradensis (Banks) Complex (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae)
Author
Stark, Bill P.
Department of Biology, Box 4045, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, U. S. A., 39058 E-mail: stark @ mc. edu
stark@mc.edu
Author
Baumann, Richard W.
Department of Biology, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U. S. A., 84602. E-mail: richard _ baumann @ byu. edu
richard_baumann@byu.edu
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2018
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journal article
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Sweltsa mogollonica
,
sp. n.
(
Figs. 17
,
30-35
,
40-41
,
44, 47
) http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Plecoptera
.speciesfile.org: TaxonName:502537
Material examined.
Holotype
♂
,
1♂
,
10♀
paratypes
,
Arizona
,
Apache Co
.
,
North Fork White
River
,
Hwy
473,
12 June 1974
,
B. Stark
, (
holotype
United States National Museum,
paratypes
BPSC
). Additional
paratypes
,
Arizona
:
Graham Co.
,
Grant Creek
,
Hospital Flat Campground
,
Graham Mountains
,
5 June 1982
,
R
.
W. Baumann
,
S.M. Clark
,
12♂
,
16♀
(
BYU
).
Greenlee Co
.
,
Hannagan Creek
,
Hannagan Meadow
,
Sitgreaves National Forest
,
29 May 1993
, C.
R
.
Nelson, J.K
. Gelhaus,
29♂
,
14♀
(
BYU
).
New Mexico
:
Catron Co
.
,
Willow Creek
,
Willow Creek
Campground
,
11 June 1974
,
B. Stark
,
8♂
,
7♀
(
BPSC
)
.
Figs. 42-47.
Sweltsa
sp.
head and pronotal pigment and epiproct variation. 42.
Sweltsa coloradensis
, Colorado, Eagle Co., Deep Creek. 43.
Sweltsa lyrata
,
Montana, Mineral Co., St. Regis River. 44.
Sweltsa mogollonica
,
New Mexico, Catron Co., Willow Creek. Pigment patterns shown here are variable within and between populations of the three species. 45.
Sweltsa coloradensis
epiproct, Colorado, Gilpin Co., South Boulder Creek. 46.
Sweltsa lyrata
epiproct, Washington, Pend Oreille Co., Sullivan Creek. 47.
Sweltsa mogollonica
epiproct, New Mexico, Catron Co., Willow Creek.
Adult habitus.
Pigment pattern not distinct from that of
S. coloradensis
or
S. lyrata
(
Fig. 44
). Male forewing length
6.8-7.5 mm
, female forewing length 7.8-9.0 mm.
Male epiproct.
Maximum width 320-340 μm, length 390-430 μm. Base and stem relatively wide and usually, more or less continuous with epiproct body (
Figs. 30-35
). Apical lobes not projecting from shoulders (
Fig. 47
).
Aedeagus
(n=1). Length 357 μm, width 614 μm. Similar in shape and setation to
S. coloradensis
but conspicuously shorter in the only everted specimen available (
Fig. 17
).
Female terminalia.
Subgenital plate not always distinct from that of
S. coloradensis
or
S. lyrata
. The specimen illustrated in
Fig. 39-40
has a more rounded subgenital plate than is typical for the other species.
Larva.
Unknown.
Etymology.
This species name is based on the Mogollon Rim of
Arizona
and
New Mexico
.
Diagnosis and distribution.
Epiprocts of specimens of this species have, at most, slightly projecting shoulders near the hook base and are relatively wide across the lateral lobes (
Figs. 29
,
32
). The new species is similar to
S. lyrata
in the former character but the two are distinguished on the basis of the relatively greater width of the epiproct for males of
S. lyrata
(compare
Figs. 19
and
29
). The aedeagus may also be distinct (see
Fig. 17
), but verification is needed from additional material. Specimens are known from three
Arizona
sites, and an adjacent site in
New Mexico
.