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Paraleuctra sara

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Lake Champlain Research Institute, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, United States of America
  • 2. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States of America
  • 3. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, United States of America
  • 4. Norwich University, Northfield, United States of America
  • 5. University of Illinois, Champaign, United States of America

Description

Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937)

Notes

Paraleuctra sara is commonly known as the Appalachian Needlefly (Stark et al. 2012). This species is known from Ontario and southeastern Canada south along the Appalachian Mountains to Georgia and Alabama, and also with a westward extension through Ohio to Indiana (DeWalt and Grubbs 2011, DeWalt et al. 2016, Stark and Kyzar 2001, DeWalt et al. 2024). Harper and Hynes (1971 a) reported this species from streams and smaller rivers in Quebec and Ontario. This species is commonly collected in the early spring. Adults are present in New York from mid-March through mid-June (Fig. 13). Reported elevations for this species in New York ranged from 33-764 m asl (Fig. 14) with a broad state-wide distribution (Fig. 17 a).

Notes

Published as part of Myers, Luke William, Kondratieff, Boris C, Grubbs, Scott A, Pett, Lindsey A, DeWalt, R. Edward, Mihuc, Timothy B & Hart, Lily Veronica, 2025, Distributional and species richness patterns of the stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) in New York State, pp. e 158952 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e158952, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e158952

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Cites
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Figure: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e158952.figure17a (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Claassen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Leuctridae
Genus
Paraleuctra
Species
sara
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937) sec. Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025

References

  • Claassen P. W. 1937 New species of stoneflies Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 10 4251
  • Stark B. P., Stewart K. W., Szczytko S. W., Baumann R. W., Kondratieff B. C. 2012 Scientific and common names of Nearctic stoneflies (Plecoptera), with corrections and additions to the list. The Caddis Press, Miscellaneous Contributions Columbus, Ohio 1-20
  • DeWalt R. E., Grubbs S. A. 2011 Updates to the stonefly fauna of Illinois and Indiana Illiesia 7 31 50
  • DeWalt R. E., Grubbs S. A., Armitage B. J., Baumann R. W., Clark S. M., Bolton M. J. 2016 Atlas of Ohio Aquatic Insects: Volume II, Plecoptera Biodiversity Data Journal 4 10723 10.3897/BDJ.4.e10723
  • Stark B. P., Kyzar J. W. 2001 Systematics of Nearctic Paraleuctra with description of a new genus (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 144 1 119 135 10.1163/22119434-99900060
  • DeWalt R. E., Hopkins H., Neu-Becker U., Stueber G. Plecoptera Species File http://plecoptera.speciesfile.org/2024-08-28T00:40:31+00:00
  • Harper P. P., Hynes H. B. N. 1971 The Leuctridae of Eastern Canada (Insecta; Plecoptera) Canadian Journal of Zoology 49 6 915 920 10.1139/z71-136