Eggs Of Western Nearctic Acroneuriinae (Plecoptera: Perlidae)
Author
Stark, Bill P.
Box 4045, Department of Biology, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, U. S. A. 39058 & E-mail: stark @ mc. edu
stark@mc.edu
Author
Green, Stephen
Box 4045, Department of Biology, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, U. S. A. 39058 & E-mail: green 33 @ gmail. com
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Calineuria californica
(Banks)
(
Figs. 1-4
)
Perla californica
Banks, 1905:87
.
Holotype
♀
(Museum of Comparative Zoology),
Claremont
[
Los Angeles Co.
],
California
Material examined.
California
:
Butte Co.
, Heinz Creek, Hwy 70,
20 May 1982
,
B. Stark
,
D. Ziegler
,
1♀
(
BPS
).
Sierra Co.
,
Little Truckee River
,
Little Truckee Campground
,
4 July 1979
,
B. Stark
,
K.W. Stewart
,
18♂
,
3♀
(
BPS
).
Montana
:
Lincoln Co.
,
Yaak River
,
Yaak
River
Campground
,
19 July 1979
,
B. Stark
,
K.W. Stewart
,
R
.
W. Baumann
,
2♀
(
BPS
).
Oregon
:
Union Co.
,
Grande Ronde River
,
Hwy
244,
29 May 2000
,
B. Stark
,
I. Sivec
,
M. Zúñiga
,
3♂
,
4♀
(
BPS
)
.
Egg.
Outline oval with short stalked collar, ends broadly rounded (
Fig. 1
). Length including collar ca. 430-460 μm, equatorial width ca. 360-390 μm, collar length ca. 35-40 μm, collar width at midlength ca. 60- 68 μm. Egg body at base of collar encircled by slightly raised ridge. Sides of collar with irregular, prominent struts (
Fig. 2
); rim flanged and irregularly incised (
Figs. 1-2
). Anchor biscuit-shaped, surface with scattered mushroom bodies (
Fig. 3
). Chorionic surface relatively smooth but with obscure hexagonal follicle cell impressions visible at 500X (
Figs. 2, 4
). Micropylar row subequatorial.