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
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4759416
Allocapnia aurora
Ricker
is limited to small, mostly forested or rural coldwater creeks in the lower Susquehanna River basin and the extreme eastern portion of the Potomac River basin in southcentral
Pennsylvania
.
Allocapnia aurora
was previously confirmed from only 10
Pennsylvania
creeks (
Masteller 1996
). Although not as rare as certain other
Pennsylvania
Allocapnia
, it is included here to correct earlier misidentifications. Males can be difficult to separate from
A. pygmaea
and
A. nivicola
. Male
Allocapnia
from Indian Creek in Westmoreland County and French Creek in Chester County that were identified as
A. aurora
(
Earle 1994
and 2003) were actually
A. nivicola
. The
A. aurora
records from Muddy Creek in
York
County (
Masteller 1996
) were also misidentified and were actually
A. pygmaea
.
New
records:
CUMBERLAND: (S)
Doubling Gap Creek
,
Elk Hill Rd.
at
PA Rte.
233,
31 January 2001
,
7♂
,
11♀
;
same location,
10 March 1997
,
6♂
,
4♀
;
Mountain Creek
,
Mount Holly Springs
,
8 January 1997
,
1♂
;
DAUPHIN: (S)
Rattling Creek
, in mountain gap at
Lykens Borough Park
,
28 December 2005
,
3♂
,
1♀
;
LANCASTER: (S)
Trout Run
,
Pennsy Rd.
,
1 February 1997
,
1♂
;
JUNIATA: (S)
Delaware
Creek, PA Rte.
333 near
Thompsontown
,
4 February 1994
,
1♂
;
PERRY: (S)
Fishing Creek
,
New Valley Rd.
west of
Marysville
,
2 February 1999
,
1♂
;
Laurel Run
, tributary to
Tuscarora Creek
,
PA Rte.
850,
3 January 2001
,
6♂
;
same location,
3 March 1995
,
2♀
;
McCabe Run
,
Barkley Rd.
,
11 April 1993
,
3♀
;
Shaeffer Run
, 2
nd
Narrows Rd.
,
24 March 1994
,
1♀
(LJ).