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Alloperla atlantica Baumann 1974

  • 1. and Bill P. Stark & Box 4045, Department of Biology, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, U. S. A. 39058 E-mail: michele _ willett @ yahoo. com
  • 2. Box 4045, Department of Biology, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, U. S. A. 39058 E-mail: michele _ willett @ yahoo. com & Box 4045, Department of Biology, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, U. S. A. 39058 E-mail: stark @ mc. edu & and Bill P. Stark & Box 4045, Department of Biology, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, U. S. A. 39058 E-mail: michele _ willett @ yahoo. com

Description

Alloperla atlantica Baumann

(Figs. 49-54)

Alloperla atlantica Baumann, 1974:260.

Holotype ♂ (United States National Museum), Fishing Creek, Frederick Co., Maryland

Alloperla atlantica: Surdick, 2004:11. Redescription and distribution update

Material examined. AL: Clarke Co., Fishers Creek, Whatley, 30 April 1986, S.C. Harris, P. O’Neil, 9 ♂, 2 ♀ (BPS). Randolph Co., Cutnose Creek, Hwy 48, 20 May 1984, S.C. Harris, P. Lago, 4 ♂, 3 ♀ (BPS). GA: Fannin Co., Cutcane Creek, Cutcane Road, 19 July 2008, M. Willett, 1 ♂ (BPS). NC: Macon Co., Tellico Creek, Tellico Rd, 27 May 1993, B. Stark, R. Simmons, D. Kelly, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ (BPS). TN: Sevier Co., Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sinks area, 25 April 1976, T. Wolff, B. Beavill, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (BPS).

Epiproct. Length from base to tip, ca. 240 μm. Greatest width, ca. 58 μm. Epiproct cowl without enlarged lobes extending beyond epiproct base (Figs. 49-50, 52). Epiproct gradually narrowed from base to tip (Figs. 49-53), apex pointed and bent ventrad (Figs. 52-53). Dorsum covered with dense, appressed, setal mat but apex and venter bare (Figs. 51-54).

Notes

Published as part of Willett, Michele R. & Stark, Bill P., 2009, The Alloperla Leonarda Group Of Eastern North America, With Sem Images Of Four Out-Group Species (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae), pp. 108-127 in Illiesia 5 (11) on pages 117-121, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4759290

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BPS
Event date
1976-04-25 , 1984-05-20 , 1986-04-30 , 1993-05-27 , 2008-07-19
Verbatim event date
1976-04-25 , 1984-05-20 , 1986-04-30 , 1993-05-27 , 2008-07-19
Scientific name authorship
Baumann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Chloroperlidae
Genus
Alloperla
Species
atlantica
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Alloperla atlantica Baumann, 1974 sec. Willett & Stark, 2009

References

  • Baumann, R. W. 1974. What is Alloperla imbecilla (Say)? Designation of a neotype, and a new Alloperla from eastern North America (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 87: 257 - 264.
  • Surdick, R. F. 2004. Chloroperlidae (The Sallflies). Pp. 1 - 60 in. B. P. Stark & B. J. Armitage (eds.). Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of eastern North America. Volume II. Chloroperlidae, Perlidae, and Perlodidae (Perlodinae). Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey, New Series, Volume 14. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus. 192 pp.