The Nemourinae (Insecta, Nemouridae) of the eastern Nearctic
Author
Grubbs, Scott A.
0000-0003-2170-9716
Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity Studies, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42101, USA Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 84602, USA & scott. grubbs @ wku. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2170 - 9716
scott.grubbs@wku.edu
Author
Baumann, Richard W.
0000-0003-0838-4080
richard _ baumann @ byu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0838 - 4080
richard_baumann@byu.edu
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-06-19
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5306.1.1
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22.
Soyedina vallicularia
(
Wu, 1923
)
Valley Forestfly
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Plecoptera
.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6084
(
Figs. 145–150
)
Nemoura vallicularia
Wu 1923:58
.
Holotype
male (
Cornell University Insect Collection
),
Ithaca
, (
Tompkins Co.
),
New York
,
USA
Nemoura vallicularia
Needham & Claassen, 1925:215
Nemoura (Soyedina) vallicularia
Ricker, 1952:53
Soyedina vallicularia
Illies, 1966:248
Soyedina vallicularia
Zwick, 1973:357
Nemoura (Soyedina) vallicularia
Hitchcock, 1974:110
Soyedina vallicularia
Baumann, 1975:67
Soyedina vallicularia
Stewart & Stark, 1988:188
Soyedina vallicularia
Stewart & Stark, 2002:215
Soyedina vallicularia
Grubbs, 2006:40
Soyedina vallicularia
Stewart & Stark, 2002:215
Soyedina vallicularia
Stark, 2017:215
Soyedina vallicularia
Grubbs & Baumann, 2019:227
Distribution.
Canada
: LB, NS, ON, PQ.
USA
; CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WI, WV (
DeWalt
et al.
2022
)
Male
. Macropterous. Body length
4.7–5.1 mm
, forewing length
6.8–8.1 mm
(n = 16). Gills absent. Cerci simple and unmodified. Paraprocts with two lobes, inner lobes lightly sclerotized and inconspicuous, outer lobes sclerotized, in basal half bulbous, tapered and straight-sided in apical half (
Fig. 149
). Epiproct asymmetric, typical for genus (
Fig. 145
); ventral sclerites partially recurved over abdomen, distinctly asymmetric, apically narrowly triangular (
Fig. 145
); dorsal sclerites distinctly asymmetric, appearing scaly at higher magnifications (
Figs. 145‒ 148
); open apically, inner member heavily sclerotized, flanged apically, lip asymmetric with apical half longer than basal portion (
Figs. 145‒146
).
Female
. Macropterous. Body length
5.7–8.2 mm
, forewing length 7.8.–
9.7 mm
(n = 20). Gills absent. Cerci simple and unmodified. Subgenital plate well-developed, subtriangular in shape; base broad, extending from posterior of seventh sternum entirely over eighth sternum and approximately ¼ over ninth sternum; terminating in broadly-rounded apex (
Fig. 150
).
Larva.
Described in full (see
Stewart & Stark 2002
and all references therein).
Comments.
Soyedina vallicularia
is the most widespread amongst the
eastern Nearctic
Soyedina
, including the
Appalachian Mountains
,
Great Lakes region
, and
Ohio
River and upper
Mississippi
River basins (
Grubbs & Baumann 2019
)
.