Soliperla undetermined

The following 75 stream bioassessment records for 16 counties were obtained from the California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN http://ceden.waterboards.ca.gov). The query was limited to Surface http://ceden.waterboards.ca.gov Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) projects. SWAMP bioassessment partners who collected samples from 1995 to 2015 included various state, federal, and regional agencies, and two citizen monitoring groups. Prior to the present study there were no characters that reliably separated Soliperla larvae to species. We provide these larval records (Fig. 18) to help define the range of the genus within the state. Fig. 18. Distribution of unidentified larval Soliperla specimens in California (Soliperla sp. = black triangles).

We also provide a preliminary key to California species of larval Soliperla. The key relies on the pattern of pale spots on abdominal terga 2-6 of late instar specimens. These spots are variable in size and shape, consequently, the key should be regarded as tentative.