New State Stonefly (Plecoptera) Records For Pennsylvania, With Additional Records And Information On Rare Species
Author
Earle, Jane I.
text
Illiesia
2009
5
16
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journal article
6786
10.5281/zenodo.4759416
07c83cbb-d592-43c1-894e-9fbcd0f48339
1854-0392
4759416
Utaperla gaspesiana
Harper and Roy
is extremely rare in
Pennsylvania
.
Adults
were collected in the 1970’s by
R. Surdick
from
Maul Spring
and
Powdermill Run
,
Westmoreland County
, in southwestern
Pennsylvania
; however, four years of sampling in that watershed by
Grubbs (1996)
did not yield any additional specimens.
Only
one other previous
Pennsylvania
record exists, from
Tancascootack Creek in Clinton County
(
Masteller 1996
).
Despite
its rarity, benthic taxa lists for
Pennsylvania
streams assessments occasionally include
Utaperla
nymphs, which are most likely misidentifications of
Alloperla usa
Ricker
, similar to the misidentifications discussed by
Kondratieff et al. (1995)
for
North
and
South Carolina
assessments.
Utaperla gaspesiana
ranges from
Quebec and Maine
south to
West Virginia
.
New record:
MONROE: (D)
Pocono Creek
, Camelback Road,
22 May 2002
,
1♀
(CL).
Pocono Creek
is a small coldwater creek in northeastern
Pennsylvania
.