Paraleuctra Alta (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), A New Stonefly From Alberta, Canada
Author
Baumann, Richard W.
Author
Stark, Bill P.
text
Illiesia
2009
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journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4759464
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4759464
Paraleuctra occidentalis
(Banks)
Leuctra occidentalis
Banks, 1907:329
.
Lectotype
♀
(Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University),
Laggan
,
Alberta
, designated by
Ricker, 1952
Leuctra bradleyi
Needham & Claassen, 1925:225
.
Holotype
♂
, damaged (Cornell University),
Emerald Lake
,
Canadian Rockies
Material examined.
Canada
:
Emerald Lake
,
Canadian Rockies
,
P. bradleyi
holotype
, abdomen lost (
Cornell University
).
Alberta
,
Laggan
,
22 July 1901
,
R
.
Osburn
,
lectotype
♀
(
Museum of Comparative Zoology
). Same location,
23 August 1902
,
R
. Osburn,
paralectotype
♀
, abdomen lost (
Museum of Comparative Zoology
)
.
Remarks.
The female specimen in the MCZ which
Ricker (1952)
selected as
lectotype
was not labeled as such, but he indicates it is the “complete
♀
specimen” and by elimination, the specimen listed above must be the
lectotype
. The second MCZ specimen (
paralectotype
), collected at Laggan, “BC” on
23 August 1902
has no abdomen. We clipped the
lectotype
abdomen, cleared it and found it to be consistent with the figure of
P. occidentalis
(Fig. 32) provided by
Stark & Kyzar (2000)
. We also accept the
Ricker (1954)
synonymy of
P. bradleyi
with
P. occidentalis
based on the figures provided by Needham & Claassen (1925) on Plate 41 of that publication.