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<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC35D17FF4DF660FE9FFAD7" ID-CoL="6Q82X" box="[151,303,1349,1375]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="usdi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC35D17FF4DF660FE9FFAD7" bold="true" box="[151,303,1349,1375]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Leuctra usdi</emphasis>
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(
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F, 2A)
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC35D17FF4DF697FF6EFA44" bold="true" box="[151,222,1458,1484]" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Male.</emphasis>
Forewing length 5.5 6.5 mm. General body color and wings brown. Cerci tubular and unmodified. Abdominal terga 1 6 unmodified. Lateral portion of abdominal segment 7 darkly sclerotized, conjoining medially into a near-parallel sided dorsal process that is ca. ½ segment width and truncate distally except for a pair of small lateral notches that give the process a slightly trilobed appearance, ends of the medial and lateral lobes terminate along the same distal plane (
<figureCitation id="1379DC80FFC35D17FD6BF56DFCACF9EA" box="[689,796,1608,1634]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 A D" captionStartId="1.[151,272,1826,1850]" captionTargetBox="[345,1275,220,1747]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[281,1305,197,1802]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 A D. Leuctra usdi, sp. nov. A, Male terminalia, dorsal view; B, Male terminalia, lateral view; C, Male terminalia, ventral view; D, Female terminalia, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195777/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Figs. 1A</figureCitation>
, 3A); lateral margins of abdominal segment 8 darkly sclerotized and conjoin medially only into a thin band anteriorly (
<figureCitation id="1379DC80FFC35D17FC67F548FBEEF90F" box="[957,1118,1645,1671]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 A D" captionStartId="1.[151,272,1826,1850]" captionTargetBox="[345,1275,220,1747]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[281,1305,197,1802]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 A D. Leuctra usdi, sp. nov. A, Male terminalia, dorsal view; B, Male terminalia, lateral view; C, Male terminalia, ventral view; D, Female terminalia, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195777/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Figs. 1A1B</figureCitation>
). Epiproct sclerite narrow throughout length, expanded slightly and rounded distally. In lateral view the inner paraproct lobes are broad basally, simple, and rounded; with low tubercules present on both inner and outer margins distally (
<figureCitation id="1379DC80FFC35D17FAE8F59DFAC7F95A" box="[1330,1399,1720,1746]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="2.[151,271,1768,1792]" captionTargetBox="[184,1407,336,1709]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,303,1747]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2 A-F. Scanning electron micrographs, male paraproct, lateral view. A, Leuctra usdi, sp. nov., 350 X; B, L. usdi, sp. nov., 1500 X; C, L. triloba (U. S. A., Alabama, Clay Co., tributary to West Fork Hatchet Creek, Talladega National Forest, 25 I 2006), 350 X; D, L. triloba, 1500 X; E, L. variabilis (U. S. A., Tennessee, Carter Co., Twin Springs, Cherokee National Forest, 29 XI 2002), 350 X; F, L. variabilis, 1500 X." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195778/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A 2B); both the anterolateral and posteromedial portions are slightly concave. Outer paraproct lobes are broadest basally, simple and narrow, tapered distally and recurved slightly (
<figureCitation id="1379DC80FFC35D17FC6AF427FC48F894" box="[944,1016,1794,1820]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="2.[151,271,1768,1792]" captionTargetBox="[184,1407,336,1709]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,303,1747]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2 A-F. Scanning electron micrographs, male paraproct, lateral view. A, Leuctra usdi, sp. nov., 350 X; B, L. usdi, sp. nov., 1500 X; C, L. triloba (U. S. A., Alabama, Clay Co., tributary to West Fork Hatchet Creek, Talladega National Forest, 25 I 2006), 350 X; D, L. triloba, 1500 X; E, L. variabilis (U. S. A., Tennessee, Carter Co., Twin Springs, Cherokee National Forest, 29 XI 2002), 350 X; F, L. variabilis, 1500 X." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195778/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A). Vesicle small and subtriangular (
<figureCitation id="1379DC80FFC35D17FF45F40DFF4BF8CA" box="[159,251,1832,1858]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 A D" captionStartId="1.[151,272,1826,1850]" captionTargetBox="[345,1275,220,1747]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[281,1305,197,1802]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 A D. Leuctra usdi, sp. nov. A, Male terminalia, dorsal view; B, Male terminalia, lateral view; C, Male terminalia, ventral view; D, Female terminalia, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195777/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC35D17FF1EF468FE97F8EF" bold="true" box="[196,295,1869,1895]" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Female.</emphasis>
Forewing length 7.0 7.5 mm. Body color and cerci similar to male. Lobes of subgenital plate distally subtruncate, posterolateral corners rounded marginally and mediolateral corners slightly angular; lobes separated by a V-shaped notch (
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).
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC35D17FF1EF498FE98F85F" bold="true" box="[196,296,1981,2007]" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Nymph.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC25D16FF4DF407FED1F8B2" bold="true" box="[151,353,1826,1850]" pageId="1" pageNumber="60">FIGURES 1AD.</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A205A16CFFC25D16FDD8F407FDEBF8B2" box="[514,603,1826,1850]" pageId="1" pageNumber="60" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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A, Male terminalia, dorsal view; B, Male terminalia, lateral view; C, Male terminalia, ventral view; D, Female terminalia, ventral view.
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC25D16FF1CF4A7FE0CF814" bold="true" box="[198,444,1922,1948]" pageId="1" pageNumber="60">Material examined.</emphasis>
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male,
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, Tennessee, Williamson Co., spring into Pinewood Branch, Leipers Fork, West Fork Harpeth River,
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W Leipers Fork, 35.8944°, -87.03878°,
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC25D16FB12F48DFAE8F84A" box="[1224,1368,1960,1986]" pageId="1" pageNumber="60" value="2003-03-15">15 III 2003</date>
, S.A. Grubbs (
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) and D. E. King (
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).
<typeStatus id="54F97EA7FFC25D16FDAEF4E8FD5CF86F" box="[628,748,1997,2023]" pageId="1" pageNumber="60" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
: same as
<typeStatus id="54F97EA7FFC25D16FC84F4E8FC7CF86F" box="[862,972,1997,2023]" pageId="1" pageNumber="60" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
but
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,
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(WKU); same as
<typeStatus id="54F97EA7FFC15D15FF4DF3BDFEBCFF3A" box="[151,268,152,178]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
but
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC15D15FE9CF3BDFE79FF3A" box="[326,457,152,178]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" value="2007-03-05">5 III 2007</date>
,
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,
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,
<collectionCode id="ED5358C0FFC15D15FD0FF3BDFCA3FF3A" box="[725,787,152,178]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2vvw-hn58" name="Sammlung von Algenkulturen at Universitat Gottingen" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">SAG</collectionCode>
(WKU); Mayfield Spring,
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NW Leipers Fork, 35.9558°, -87.0754°,
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC15D15FE7CF398FD97FF5F" box="[422,551,189,215]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" value="2007-03-05">5 III 2007</date>
,
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,
<specimenCount id="9D440B8CFFC15D15FD40F398FCBBFF5F" box="[666,779,189,215]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
,
<collectionCode id="ED5358C0FFC15D15FCC2F398FCE5FF5F" box="[792,853,189,215]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2vvw-hn58" name="Sammlung von Algenkulturen at Universitat Gottingen" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">SAG</collectionCode>
(WKU). Alabama, Limestone Co., spring into unnamed tributary to Scarce Grease Branch, Sugar Creek,
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SE Lester, 34.9806°, -87.1309°,
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC15D15FADEF3C7FA31FF74" box="[1284,1409,226,252]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" value="2008-02-18">18 II 2008</date>
,
<specimenCount id="9D440B8CFFC15D15FA57F3C7FF6EFEAA" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" type="male">2 males</specimenCount>
,
<collectionCode id="ED5358C0FFC15D15FF30F22DFE95FEAA" box="[234,293,264,290]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2vvw-hn58" name="Sammlung von Algenkulturen at Universitat Gottingen" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">SAG</collectionCode>
(WKU).
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC15D15FF4DF5CDFEE6F888" bold="true" box="[151,342,1768,1792]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">FIGURES 2A-F.</emphasis>
Scanning electron micrographs, male paraproct, lateral view. A,
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,
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, 350X; B,
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC15D15FA5CF5CCFF76F8A8" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">L. usdi</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A205A16CFFC15D15FF0FF42DFE9FF8A8" box="[213,303,1800,1824]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, 1500X; C,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC15D15FE66F42CFD97F8A8" box="[444,551,1801,1824]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triloba">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC15D15FE66F42CFD97F8A8" box="[444,551,1801,1824]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">L. triloba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(U.S.A., Alabama, Clay Co., tributary to West Fork Hatchet Creek, Talladega National Forest, 25 I 2006), 350X; D,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC15D15FDECF40CFD51F8C8" box="[566,737,1833,1856]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triloba">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC15D15FDECF40CFD2CF8C8" box="[566,668,1833,1856]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">L. triloba</emphasis>
, 1500
</taxonomicName>
X; E,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC15D15FCFAF40CFC14F8C8" box="[800,932,1833,1856]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variabilis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC15D15FCFAF40CFC14F8C8" box="[800,932,1833,1856]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">L. variabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(U.S.A., Tennessee, Carter Co., Twin Springs, Cherokee National Forest, 29 XI 2002), 350X; F,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC15D15FD73F46CFCC0F8E8" box="[681,880,1865,1888]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variabilis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC15D15FD73F46CFC9BF8E8" box="[681,811,1865,1888]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">L. variabilis</emphasis>
, 1500
</taxonomicName>
X.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C358938EFFC15D14FF1EF4ABFA2DF961" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="62" pageId="2" pageNumber="61" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BFDC005FFC15D15FF1EF4ABFD94F87B" blockId="2.[151,1437,1934,2035]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC15D15FF1EF4ABFED0F820" bold="true" box="[196,352,1934,1960]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is a Cherokee word for “small” or “little”, a reference to the diminutively-sized spring seep
<typeStatus id="54F97EA7FFC15D15FDC2F496FDFDF845" box="[536,589,1971,1997]" pageId="2" pageNumber="61">type</typeStatus>
locality. The Cherokee Native Americans formerly inhabited central Tennessee and northern Alabama.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFDC005FFC05D14FF4DF514FA2DF961" blockId="3.[151,1437,1583,1769]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FF4DF514FEE6F9C1" bold="true" box="[151,342,1585,1609]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">FIGURES 3AF.</emphasis>
Scanning electron micrographs, male sclerotized process of 7th abdominal segment, dorsal view, 350X. A,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FF6DF577FE8DF9E1" box="[183,317,1618,1641]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="usdi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FF6DF577FE8DF9E1" box="[183,317,1618,1641]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Leuctra usdi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FE91F574FE10F9E1" bold="true" box="[331,416,1617,1641]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A205A16CFFC05D14FE91F574FE10F9E1" box="[331,416,1617,1641]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; B,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FE14F577FDDBF9E1" box="[462,619,1618,1641]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolinensis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FE14F577FDDBF9E1" box="[462,619,1618,1641]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. carolinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="F3558095FFC05D14FDA1F577FD76F9E1" box="[635,710,1618,1641]" name="United States of America" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">U.S.A.</collectingCountry>
, Maryland, Garrett Co., spring into Little Laurel Run, Savage River State Forest,
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC05D14FEF5F557FE06F901" box="[303,438,1650,1673]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" value="1996-06-21">21 VI 1996</date>
); C,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FE34F557FDEBF901" box="[494,603,1650,1673]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FE34F557FDEBF901" box="[494,603,1650,1673]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="F3558095FFC05D14FDB7F557FD0EF901" box="[621,702,1650,1673]" name="United States of America" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">U.S.A.</collectingCountry>
, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Co., spring into Powdermill Run, Powdermill Nature Reserve,
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC05D14FE09F5B7FDF6F921" box="[467,582,1682,1705]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" value="1993-06-03">3 VI 1993</date>
); D,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FDA6F5B7FD6AF921" box="[636,730,1682,1705]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FDA6F5B7FD6AF921" box="[636,730,1682,1705]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="F3558095FFC05D14FD30F5B7FC86F921" box="[746,822,1682,1705]" name="United States of America" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">U.S.A.</collectingCountry>
, Maryland, Allegany Co., Deep Run, Green Ridge State Forest,
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC05D14FF3CF597FED8F941" box="[230,360,1714,1737]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" value="1998-08-07">7 VIII 1998</date>
); E,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FE42F597FE4DF941" box="[408,509,1714,1737]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triloba">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FE42F597FE17F941" box="[408,423,1714,1737]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FE6EF597FE4DF941" box="[436,509,1714,1737]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">triloba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="F3558095FFC05D14FDD6F597FDE7F941" box="[524,599,1714,1737]" name="United States of America" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">U.S.A.</collectingCountry>
, Alabama, Clay Co., tributary to West Fork Hatchet Creek, Talladega National Forest,
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC05D14FF3CF5F7FEE1F961" box="[230,337,1746,1769]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" value="2006-01-25">25 I 2006</date>
); F,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FEA6F5F7FE4EF961" box="[380,510,1746,1769]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variabilis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FEA6F5F7FE4EF961" box="[380,510,1746,1769]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. variabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="F3558095FFC05D14FDD4F5F7FDE9F961" box="[526,601,1746,1769]" name="United States of America" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">U.S.A.</collectingCountry>
, Tennessee, Carter Co., Twin Springs, Cherokee National Forest,
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC05D14FACEF5F7FA21F961" box="[1300,1425,1746,1769]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" value="2002-11-29">29 XI 2002</date>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C358938EFFC05D13FF1EF439FE55FE1A" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BFDC005FFC05D14FF1EF439FDABF879" blockId="3.[151,1437,1818,2033]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FF1EF439FEFAF8BE" bold="true" box="[196,330,1820,1846]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The combination of the well-defined process on the 7th abdominal tergum, smooth outer margins of the inner paraproct lobes and a small triangular vesicle places
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FC2BF467FBF1F8D3" box="[1009,1089,1858,1883]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="usdi">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FC2BF467FBF1F8D3" box="[1009,1089,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. usdi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FB4AF467FB45F8D3" box="[1168,1269,1858,1883]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FB4AF467FB45F8D3" box="[1168,1269,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD3BDF4FFC05D14FF44F442FE1BF809" author="Harper" box="[158,427,1895,1921]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" refString="Harper, P. P. &amp; F. Harper (1997) The genus Leuctra Stephens in North America: a preliminary report. Pages 467 - 472. In Landolt, P &amp; M. Sartori, editors. Ephemeroptera &amp; Plecoptera: Biology-Ecology-Systematics. Fribourg, MTL." type="book chapter" year="1997">Harper &amp; Harper 1997</bibRefCitation>
) with
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FE2CF44DFDEBF809" box="[502,603,1896,1921]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FE2CF44DFDEBF809" box="[502,603,1896,1921]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FDB3F44DFC60F809" authority="Claassen, 1923" authorityName="Claassen" authorityYear="1923" box="[617,976,1895,1921]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolinensis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FDB3F44DFCA5F809" box="[617,789,1896,1921]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. carolinensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD3BDF4FFC05D14FCC7F442FC60F809" author="Claassen" box="[797,976,1895,1921]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" refString="Claassen, P. W. (1923) New species of North American Plecoptera. Canadian Entomologist, 55, 257 - 263." type="journal article" year="1923">Claassen, 1923</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FC06F44DFA91F809" authority="Provancher, 1878" authorityName="Provancher" authorityYear="1878" box="[988,1313,1895,1921]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FC06F44DFBFBF809" box="[988,1099,1896,1921]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. tenella</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD3BDF4FFC05D14FB88F442FA91F809" author="Provancher" box="[1106,1313,1895,1921]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" refString="Provancher, L. (1878) Additions et corrections aux Nevropteres de la Province de Quebec. Le Naturaliste Canadien, 10, 124 - 147." type="journal article" year="1878">Provancher, 1878</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FAF7F44DFEE3F82F" authority="Claassen, 1923" authorityName="Claassen" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triloba">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FAF7F44DFA2BF809" box="[1325,1435,1896,1921]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. triloba</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD3BDF4FFC05D14FF4DF4A8FEE3F82F" author="Claassen" box="[151,339,1933,1959]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" refString="Claassen, P. W. (1923) New species of North American Plecoptera. Canadian Entomologist, 55, 257 - 263." type="journal article" year="1923">Claassen, 1923</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC05D14FE4BF4A8FD54F82F" authority="Hanson, 1941" authorityName="Hanson" authorityYear="1941" box="[401,740,1933,1959]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variabilis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC05D14FE4BF4A8FD9BF82E" box="[401,555,1933,1958]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">L. variabilis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD3BDF4FFC05D14FDEEF4A8FD54F82F" author="Hanson" box="[564,740,1933,1959]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" refString="Hanson, J. F. (1941) Studies on the Plecoptera of North America, II. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 36, 57 - 66." type="journal article" year="1941">Hanson, 1941</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFD3BDF4FFC05D14FD2BF4A8FB91F82F" author="Harper" box="[753,1057,1933,1959]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" refString="Harper, P. P. &amp; F. Harper (1997) The genus Leuctra Stephens in North America: a preliminary report. Pages 467 - 472. In Landolt, P &amp; M. Sartori, editors. Ephemeroptera &amp; Plecoptera: Biology-Ecology-Systematics. Fribourg, MTL." type="book chapter" year="1997">Harper &amp; Harper (1997)</bibRefCitation>
describe the dorsal process as “…notably beady in appearance…” which under higher magnification is manifested as raised scale-like structures distally (Figs. 3A3F).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFDC005FFC75D13FF1EF3BDFE55FE1A" blockId="4.[151,1437,152,1083]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">
The inner and outer paraproct lobes of
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC75D13FD42F3BDFD5BFF39" box="[664,747,152,177]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="usdi">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FD42F3BDFD5BFF39" box="[664,747,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. usdi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are generally similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC75D13FBCAF3BDFB31FF39" box="[1040,1153,152,177]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triloba">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FBCAF3BDFB31FF39" box="[1040,1153,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. triloba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC75D13FB67F3BDFAFFFF39" box="[1213,1359,152,177]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variabilis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FB67F3BDFAFFFF39" box="[1213,1359,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. variabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="1379DC80FFC75D13FABAF3BDFF16FF5F" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="2.[151,271,1768,1792]" captionTargetBox="[184,1407,336,1709]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,303,1747]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2 A-F. Scanning electron micrographs, male paraproct, lateral view. A, Leuctra usdi, sp. nov., 350 X; B, L. usdi, sp. nov., 1500 X; C, L. triloba (U. S. A., Alabama, Clay Co., tributary to West Fork Hatchet Creek, Talladega National Forest, 25 I 2006), 350 X; D, L. triloba, 1500 X; E, L. variabilis (U. S. A., Tennessee, Carter Co., Twin Springs, Cherokee National Forest, 29 XI 2002), 350 X; F, L. variabilis, 1500 X." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195778/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
A2F). All three species possess a small concavity in the anterolateral and posteromedial regions of the inner lobes. The inner lobes of
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC75D13FE1EF3C7FDA4FF73" box="[452,532,226,251]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="usdi">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FE1EF3C7FDA4FF73" box="[452,532,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. usdi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC75D13FD94F3C7FD0DFF73" box="[590,701,226,251]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triloba">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FD94F3C7FD0DFF73" box="[590,701,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. triloba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
similarly have raised tubercles distally (
<figureCitation id="1379DC80FFC75D13FB41F3C7FB5CFF74" box="[1179,1260,226,252]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="2.[151,271,1768,1792]" captionTargetBox="[184,1407,336,1709]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,303,1747]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2 A-F. Scanning electron micrographs, male paraproct, lateral view. A, Leuctra usdi, sp. nov., 350 X; B, L. usdi, sp. nov., 1500 X; C, L. triloba (U. S. A., Alabama, Clay Co., tributary to West Fork Hatchet Creek, Talladega National Forest, 25 I 2006), 350 X; D, L. triloba, 1500 X; E, L. variabilis (U. S. A., Tennessee, Carter Co., Twin Springs, Cherokee National Forest, 29 XI 2002), 350 X; F, L. variabilis, 1500 X." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195778/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
A2D) and the outer lobes are simple and recurved slightly (
<figureCitation id="1379DC80FFC75D13FD71F22DFD45FEAA" box="[683,757,264,290]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="2.[151,271,1768,1792]" captionTargetBox="[184,1407,336,1709]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,303,1747]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 2 A-F. Scanning electron micrographs, male paraproct, lateral view. A, Leuctra usdi, sp. nov., 350 X; B, L. usdi, sp. nov., 1500 X; C, L. triloba (U. S. A., Alabama, Clay Co., tributary to West Fork Hatchet Creek, Talladega National Forest, 25 I 2006), 350 X; D, L. triloba, 1500 X; E, L. variabilis (U. S. A., Tennessee, Carter Co., Twin Springs, Cherokee National Forest, 29 XI 2002), 350 X; F, L. variabilis, 1500 X." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195778/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Figs 2</figureCitation>
A and 2C). The outer lobe of
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC75D13FB8FF22DFB55FEA9" box="[1109,1253,264,289]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variabilis">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FB8FF22DFB55FEA9" box="[1109,1253,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. variabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not recurved as in
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC75D13FF0DF208FE99FECE" box="[215,297,301,326]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="usdi">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FF0DF208FE99FECE" box="[215,297,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. usdi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC75D13FEBEF208FE65FECE" box="[356,469,301,326]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triloba">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FEBEF208FE65FECE" box="[356,469,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. triloba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the inner lobe tip bears fewer tubercules compared to the two other species.
<bibRefCitation id="EFD3BDF4FFC75D13FF4DF277FE35FEE4" author="Nelson" box="[151,389,338,364]" pageId="4" pageNumber="64" refString="Nelson, C. H., R. Hamilton IV &amp; R. M. Duffield (2002) Confirmed records of Leuctra variabilis and Alloperla usa in Maryland (Plecoptera: Leuctridae, Chloroperlidae), with additional comments on the former species. Entomological News, 113, 137 - 139." type="journal article" year="2002">Nelson et al. (2002</bibRefCitation>
;
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) also showed that the outer lobes of
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FC78F277FB88FEE3" box="[930,1080,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. variabilis</emphasis>
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from eastern Maryland were sickle-like and not recurved.
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FF1EF2B8FEE7FE3E" box="[196,343,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Leuctra usdi</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from the other members of the
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FC1AF2B8FB95FE3E" box="[960,1061,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. tenuis</emphasis>
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group mainly by characteristics of the 7th abdominal dorsal process (
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). The subtruncate posterior margin of
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FAF4F2E3FA30FE57" box="[1326,1408,454,479]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. usdi</emphasis>
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is distinguished easily from the broadly rounded margins exhibited by both
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FBC0F2CEFB7EFD8C" box="[1050,1230,491,516]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. carolinensis</emphasis>
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(Fig. 3B) and
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FA5EF2CEFF57FDA1" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. tenella</emphasis>
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(Fig. 3C). The wide process of
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FDB8F135FD03FDA1" box="[610,691,528,553]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. usdi</emphasis>
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is distinct from the distally subtruncate yet very narrow dorsal process of
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FEC6F11CFE35FDDA" box="[284,389,569,594]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. tenuis</emphasis>
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(Fig. 3D).
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FDD5F11CFD79FDDA" box="[527,713,569,594]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Leuctra triloba</emphasis>
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exhibits variable forms of the 7th abdominal dorsal process (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD3BDF4FFC75D13FF45F178FED3FDFF" author="Hitchcock" box="[159,355,605,631]" pageId="4" pageNumber="64" refString="Hitchcock, S. W. (1974) Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Part VII. The Plecoptera or stoneflies of Connecticut. Bulletin of the State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 107, 1 - 262." type="journal article" year="1974">Hitchcock 1974</bibRefCitation>
), yet the three lobes are rounded distally and do not terminate along the same distal plane (Fig. 3E).
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<paragraph id="8BFDC005FFC75D13FF1EF18CFAA4FC2D" blockId="4.[151,1437,152,1083]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicName id="4C42BB86FFC75D13FF1EF18CFEE9FD4A" ID-CoL="6Q82X" box="[196,345,681,706]" class="Insecta" family="Leuctridae" genus="Leuctra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plecoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="usdi">
<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FF1EF18CFEE9FD4A" box="[196,345,681,706]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Leuctra usdi</emphasis>
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appears morphologically most similar to
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FC91F18CFC6CFD4A" box="[843,988,681,706]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. variabilis</emphasis>
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. The latter species possesses a dorsal abdominal process that is similarly ca. ½ the width of the 7th tergum. The small lateral lobes of
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FA9DF1F4FA2CFD62" box="[1351,1436,721,746]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. usdi</emphasis>
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terminate at the same plane as the larger medial lobe and all three lobes are subtruncate posteriorly (Fig. 3A).
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FF4DF03EFEDDFCBC" box="[151,365,795,820]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Leuctra variabilis</emphasis>
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typically lacks the small lateral notches along the posterior margin, giving the abdominal process a truncate appearance without distinction between lateral and medial lobes (Fig. 3F). Although rounded and marginally trilobed, variations of the dorsal process of
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FC17F043FBD0FCF7" box="[973,1120,870,895]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. variabilis</emphasis>
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occur (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD3BDF4FFC75D13FB61F043FAD1FC08" author="Hanson" box="[1211,1377,870,896]" pageId="4" pageNumber="64" refString="Hanson, J. F. (1941) Studies on the Plecoptera of North America, II. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 36, 57 - 66." type="journal article" year="1941">Hanson 1941</bibRefCitation>
); the process is longer compared to
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FE26F0AEFDFCFC2C" box="[508,588,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. usdi</emphasis>
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and this species emerges from late summer through autumn.
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<subSubSection id="C358938EFFC75D13FF1EF095FDD4FBB3" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FF1EF095FE8EFC42" bold="true" box="[196,318,944,970]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Remarks.</emphasis>
The
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locality is a small spring seep emanating from a hillslope in central Tennessee. This habitat is also the
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locality for
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FDE3F0F3FC9FFC67" box="[569,815,982,1007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Soyedina alexandria</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FC33F0F3FB30FC67" box="[1001,1152,982,1007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Leuctra usdi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FB61F0F3FAEAFC67" box="[1211,1370,982,1007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">S. alexandria</emphasis>
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were collected together in both
<date id="FFFCE6C5FFC75D13FE08F0DEFD39FB9D" box="[466,649,1019,1045]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" value="2003" valueMax="2007">2003 and 2007</date>
.
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FD4EF0DEFCC0FB9C" box="[660,880,1019,1044]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Allocapnia rickeri</emphasis>
Frison, 1935
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and
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FB91F0DEFB5CFB9C" box="[1099,1260,1019,1044]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">S. alexandria</emphasis>
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were obtained with
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<emphasis id="B9361C17FFC75D13FF08F704FE92FBB2" box="[210,290,1057,1082]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">L. usdi</emphasis>
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from the Alabama locality.
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