Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica
The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
Stonefly Species Leuctra carolinensis (Tiny Winter Blacks)
Species Range
Physical description
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Description from GBIFthe Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Source: Leuctra Schusteri, A New Stonefly Species (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) Of The Leuctra Tenuis (Pictet) Group From The Southeastern Usa
Male. The 7 th abdominal dorsal process is large and broadly rounded posteriorly; subtle lateral lobes are evident on central Appalachian populations and further north into New England (Figs. 1 - 2) but essentially absent from northwestern Alabama near the southwestern edge of this species range (Fig. 3). The specilla varies from triangular with a broad base (Fig. 8) to ca. parallel-sided (Fig. 6); distally the specillum is subtriangular with tubercles present and also along the distal outer margin (Figs. 4 - 9). The subanal lobes extend nearly to tip of the specilla, recurved anteriorly in posterior half (Figs. 4, 6 - 9).
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Stonefly Species Leuctra carolinensis (Tiny Winter Blacks)
Species Range
Common Names
Resources
- NatureServe
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Described by Claassen, P.W. (1923) New species of North American Plecoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 55, 257–263, 281–292.