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<mods:title>A review of the Nearctic genus Zealeuctra Ricker (Plecoptera, Leuctridae), with the description of a new species from the Cumberland Plateau region of eastern North America</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Grubbs, Scott A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Kondratieff, Boris C.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Stark, Bill P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>DeWalt, R. Edward</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2013</mods:date>
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<mods:number>344</mods:number>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/7D5A6F56-AA11-458D-868B-CB7654BFD8C8" authority="Grubbs" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra ukayodi" order="Plecoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="37" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ukayodi">Zealeuctra ukayodi Grubbs</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="20" pageNumber="37">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 8, 13
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="37">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="37">Male. Forewing length 6.5-7.0 mm; body length 5.0-5.5 mm. General body color brown.</paragraph>
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Anterior portion of male abdominal tergal cleft is narrowly U-shaped, and rounded along the anterior terminus. The posterior portion is widest anteriorly with crenulations present along inner margins. Overall shape of cleft ranges from either V-shaped to somewhat sinuous (Figs 8
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, I). Epiproct base very broad and subquadrate in shape, narrowing to anteriorly-recurved and broadly tapering terminal spine, no accessory spine present (Figs 8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="C–E">C-E</normalizedToken>
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). Subquadrate base varies in from rounded broadly to right angular in shape. No accessory spine or cusp present. Cerci sclerotized mainly along outer margin and bearing a small dorsomedial hump and a subapical, triangular sclerotized tooth (Figs 8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="G–I">G-I</normalizedToken>
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). Length of vesicle ca. 1.5
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width.
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="37">Female. Forewing length 7.5-8.0 mm; body length 6.0-8.0 mm. General body color brown. Seventh sternum with a quadrate sclerotized region, convex posteriorly, and scarcely projecting over the anterior portion of the eighth sternum (Fig. 8I); posteromedial portion unpigmented and very slightly notched, bearing a lightly-pigmented lobe that is convex posteriorly (Figs 8F, I).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="37">Nymph. Unknown.</paragraph>
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Figures 8.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra ukayodi" order="Plecoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="37" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ukayodi">Zealeuctra ukayodi</taxonomicName>
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, sp. n., scanning electron micrographs, USA, Alabama, Jackson Co., Poplar Spring, 16 March 2008 (
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,
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), USA, Tennessee, Grundy Co., tributary to Elk River, 12 February 2007 (E).
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male, cleft, dorsal view, 200
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male, epiproct, lateral view, 350
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or 500
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F female, posteromedial portion of seventh abdominal sternite, 350
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G male terminalia, lateral H male terminalia, dorsal I male terminalia, ventral J female terminalia, ventral.
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="37">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="37">Holotype ♂, in 95% ethyl alcohol, USA, Alabama, Jackson Co., Poplar Spring, 6 km SW Hytop, 34.8779, -86.1283, 19.II.2007, S.A. Grubbs (INHS). Paratypes: same as Holotype, 19.II.2007, S.A. Grubbs, 4♂, 7♀ (WKUC); same as Holotype but 16.III.2008, S.A. Grubbs, 13♂, 30♀ (INHS, WKUC). Tennessee: Cumberland Co., North Fork Elmore Creek, TN Rte. 298, 36.1037, -84.9414, 9.II.1998, B.C. Kondratieff and R.F. Kirchner, 2♂, 4♀ (CSUC); Grundy Co., tributary to Elk River, Rte. 50, 14 km N Monteagle, 35.3578, -85.8363, 12.II.2007, S.A. Grubbs, ♂, 2♀ (WKUC); Marion Co., tributary to Cross Creek, 17 km NW South Pittsburg, Franklin-Marion State Forest, 35.0847, -85.8673, 12.II.2007, S.A. Grubbs, ♂ (WKUC); tributary to Sweeten Creek, 15 km NW South Pittsburg, Franklin-Marion State Forest, 35.0827, -85.8391, 12.II.2007, S.A. Grubbs, 2♀ (WKUC); tributary to Sweeten Creek, 15 km NW South Pittsburg, Franklin-Marion State Forest, 35.0942, -85.8600, 8.II.2013, S.A. Grubbs, 3♂, 17♀ (WKUC); Cave Springs Creek, Franklin-Marion State Forest, 35.0764, -85.8427, 25.II.2007, A.L. Sheldon, ♂, ♀ (WKUC).</paragraph>
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<pageBreakToken pageId="21" pageNumber="38" start="start">Etymology</pageBreakToken>
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The specific epithet is a Cherokee word for
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“dry”">"dry"</normalizedToken>
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, a figurative reference to the temporary stream habitat characteristic of this species. Cherokee Native Americans formerly inhabited the southern Cumberland Plateau region.
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="38">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The species is similar only to the cognate
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talladega
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, and these two species can be separated mainly by characteristics of the male cleft. In
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra talladega" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="talladega">Zealeuctra talladega</taxonomicName>
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, the cleft is highly sinuous or hourglass in shape and lacks the large crenulations along the inner margins. In
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra ukayodi" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ukayodi">Zealeuctra ukayodi</taxonomicName>
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, the cleft ranges from broadly V-shaped to somewhat sinuous, with large, conspicuous crenulations present along the inner margins of the posterior portion. Variation in the shape of the epiproct, namely the anterior quadrate or subquadrate shelf, overlaps between the two species. There is also a minute, medially-positioned hump present along the anterior, recurved portion of epiproct in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra talladega" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="talladega">Zealeuctra talladega</taxonomicName>
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(Figs 7
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) that is lacking entirely in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra ukayodi" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ukayodi">Zealeuctra ukayodi</taxonomicName>
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(Figs 8
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). The fused subanal plates-anal probe of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra talladega" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="talladega">Zealeuctra talladega</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra ukayodi" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ukayodi">Zealeuctra ukayodi</taxonomicName>
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appears to be highly similar in structure.
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="39">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="39">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra ukayodi" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ukayodi">Zealeuctra ukayodi</taxonomicName>
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appears to be restricted to the southern portion of the Cumberland Plateau, known at present from central Tennessee south to the type locality in northeastern Alabama (Fig. 13). The range of only one other
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Zealeuctra</taxonomicName>
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species,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Zealeuctra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zealeuctra fraxina" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fraxina">Zealeuctra fraxina</taxonomicName>
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, extends south and eastward into the Cumberland Plateau region in northeastern Alabama (
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<bibRefCitation author="Grubbs, SA" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="26" pageNumber="43" pagination="39 - 43" title="Allocapnia sano, a new species of snowfly (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from Alabama, U. S. A., plus six new state records." url="http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/zt01197p043.pdf" volume="1197" year="2006">Grubbs 2006</bibRefCitation>
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). No other stonefly species have been collected at the type locality.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Capniidae" genus="Allocapnia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allocapnia unzickeri" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unzickeri">Allocapnia unzickeri</taxonomicName>
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Ross & Yamamoto,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Taeniopterygidae" genus="Oemopteryx" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Oemopteryx contorta" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contorta">Oemopteryx contorta</taxonomicName>
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(Needham & Claassen), and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Taeniopterygidae" genus="Taeniopteryx" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Taeniopteryx ugola" order="Plecoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ugola">Taeniopteryx ugola</taxonomicName>
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Ricker & Ross have been obtained with
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at some of the paratype localities in Tennessee. The common name, Cumberland Needlefly, is proposed for this species (
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<bibRefCitation author="Stark, BP" journalOrPublisher="The Caddis Press, Miscellaneous Contributions" pageId="27" pageNumber="44" pagination="1 - 20" title="Scientific and common names of stoneflies of Nearctic stoneflies (Plecoptera), with corrections and additions to the list." volume="1" year="2012">Stark et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
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).
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