Journal
ZOOKEYS
Volume -, Issue 194, Pages 1-15Publisher
PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.194.2972
Keywords
Perlesta; Perlidae; Plecoptera; stonefly; new species
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- Western Kentucky University
- United States of America National Science Foundation [DEB 09-18805 ARRA]
- United States Department [X-1-R-1]
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0918805] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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A new Nearctic species of Perlidae (Insecta, Plecoptera), Perlesta ephelida sp. n., is described from the male, female, and egg stages. This species has been previously reported as, or confused with, P. shubuta Stark from several central and eastern U.S. states. Perlesta ephelida is distinctive from P. shubuta and other regional Nearctic congeners mainly according to male genitalic and egg characteristics. Perlesta ephelida is a widely-distributed eastern Nearctic species, whereas P. shubuta appears to be restricted to a narrow latitudinal belt in the Gulf Coast region from Louisiana east conservatively to the Florida panhandle. The egg of P. shubuta is depicted with scanning electron microscopy for the first time.
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