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Leuctra ferruginea

  • 1. , Boris C. Kondratieff &, R. Edward DeWalt & Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523, U. S. A. E-mail: verdonec @ gmail. com E-mail: boris. kondratieff @ colostate. edu
  • 2. , and Eric J. South & University of Illinois, Prairie Research Institute, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 S Oak St., Champaign, Illinois, 61820, U. S. A. E-mail: dewalt @ illinois. edu
  • 3. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 320 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, Illinois, 61801, U. S. A. E-mail: ejsouth @ illinois. edu

Description

Leuctra ferruginea (Walker, 1852)

is widespread in the eastern United States and Atlantic Canada (Harrison & Stark 2010). The only southeastern state from which this species had yet to be reported was Georgia. This species was collected from several locations in the Blue Ridge and Piedmont Plateau physiographic provinces of Georgia.

Material examined. Georgia, Dawson Co., Little Amicalola Creek, Amicalola Falls State Park, N 34.57233, W 84.24107, 9 February 2017, C. Verdone, B. Kondratieff, 3♂, 4♀ (CSUC); Fannin Co., [Hemptown Creek], 6 miles east of Morgantown, Rt. 76, [N 34.88985, W 84.19029], 30 January 1963, L.J. Stannard, W.S. Brooks, ♂ (INHS); Fulton Co., Fort McPherson, [N 33.7077, W 84.43565], 24 June 1943, H. Hoogstraal, ♂ (INHS); Gilmer Co., Tails Creek, no location, 3 January 2013, C. Belcher ♂, ♀ (CSUC); Habersham Co., Tallulah River, Tallulah Falls, [N 34.73056, W 83.39444], 10 May 1944, T. H. Frison, H. H. Ross, ♂ (INHS); Lumpkin Co., Frogtown Creek, Hwy 19, Desoto Falls Rec. Area, N 34.70649, W 83.91634, 10 February 2017, C. Verdone, B. Kondratieff, 3♂, 4♀ (CSUC); Rabun Co, Lake Burton, [N 34.79389, W 83.54056], 22 June 1940, H. H. Hobbs, ♂, 2♀ (INHS); Union Co., Wolf Creek, Vogel State Park at Burnette Branch, N 34.76311, W 83.92679, 10 February 2017, C. Verdone, B. Kondratieff, ♂, 2♀ (CSUC).

Notes

Published as part of Verdone, Chris J., Kondratieff, Boris C., DeWalt, R. Edward & South, Eric J., 2017, Studies On The Stoneflies Of Georgia With The Description Of A New Species Of Soyedina Ricker, New State Records And An Annotated Checklist, pp. 30-49 in Illiesia 13 (3) on page 37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4761063

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References

  • Harrison, A. B. & B. P. Stark. 2010. Two new species of stoneflies in the Leuctra ferruginea group (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), with notes on the Leuctra species known for Mississippi and Alabama, U. S. A. Illiesia, 6 (03): 16 - 33. http: // illiesia. speciesfile. org / papers / Illiesia 06 - 03. pdf