Prostoia similis ( Hagen, 1861 )

Grubbs, Scott A. & Baumann, Richard W., 2023, The Nemourinae (Insecta, Nemouridae) of the eastern Nearctic, Zootaxa 5306 (1), pp. 1-53 : 25

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Prostoia similis ( Hagen, 1861 )
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12. Prostoia similis ( Hagen, 1861) View in CoL View at ENA

Longhorn Forestfly

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( Figs. 85‒94 View FIGURES 85‒92 View FIGURES 93‒94 )

Taeniopteryx similis Hagen 1861:34 View in CoL . Holotype male (United States National Museum), Washington D.C., USA

Nemoura similis: Banks, 1907:14 View in CoL

Nemoura divergens: Claassen, 1923:282 View in CoL . Syn. Ricker, 1952:49

Nemoura divergens: Needham & Claassen, 1925:203 View in CoL

Nemoura similis: Needham & Claassen, 1925:214 View in CoL

Nemoura divergens: Claassen, 1940:54 View in CoL

Nemoura similis: Claassen, 1940:63 View in CoL

Nemoura (Prostoia) similis: Ricker, 1952:49 View in CoL

Prostoia similis: Illies, 1966:221 View in CoL

Nemoura (Prostoia) similis: Harper & Hynes, 1971:1138 View in CoL

Prostoia similis: Zwick, 1973:346 View in CoL

Nemoura (Prostoia) similis: Hitchcock, 1974:105 View in CoL

Prostoia similis: Poulton & Stewart, 1991:30 View in CoL

Prostoia similis: Grubbs et al., 2014:25 View in CoL View Cited Treatment

Prostoia similis: Stark, 2017:214 View in CoL

Distribution. Canada: ON, PQ. USA: CT, DE, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV ( DeWalt et al. 2022)

Male. Macropterous. Body length 3.8–5.7 mm, forewing length 5.4–6.1 mm (n = 9). Gills absent. Cerci simple and unmodified ( Figs. 85–86 View FIGURES 85‒92 ). Paraprocts with lightly sclerotized, undivided lobes. Epiproct ventral sclerite sclerotized throughout length, narrow in both dorsal and lateral profiles, and fully recurved over abdomen ( Figs. 85–88 View FIGURES 85‒92 ), base narrow and gradually widening for ca. ⅔ of length ( Figs. 85–86 View FIGURES 85‒92 ), tip scarcely deflected upward and tapered apically ( Figs. 89–90 View FIGURES 85‒92 ); dorsal sclerite reduced and restricted to lateral arms in basal area, which are narrow and sinuous ( Figs. 85–86, 91–92 View FIGURES 85‒92 ).

Female. Macropterous. Body length 4.6–7.4 mm, forewing length 6.4–7.8 mm (n = 13). The 7 th and 8 th sterna fused medially ( Fig. 93 View FIGURES 93‒94 ); the 8 th sternum is modified slightly as a subgenital plate, with a medial excavation and distinct posterolateral corners ( Figs. 93‒94 View FIGURES 93‒94 ).

Larva. Described by Harper & Hynes (1971) with an additional partial illustration of the cercus in Stark (2017).

Comments. Prostoia similis is distributed in the eastern US and southern Canada south to Tennessee with few records from west of the Mississippi River ( Grubbs et al. 2014, DeWalt et al. 2022).

Banks, N. (1907) Catalogue of the neuropteroid insects (except Odonata) of the United States. American Entomological Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 53 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 32399

Claassen, P. W. (1923) New species of North American Plecoptera, Part II. The Canadian Entomologist, 55, 281 - 292. [http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 27828489]

Claassen, P. W. (1940) A catalogue of the Plecoptera of the world. Cornell University Experimental Station Memoir, 232, 1 - 235.

DeWalt, R. E., Maehr, M. D., Hopkins, H. P., Neu-Becker, U. & Stueber, G. (2022) Plecoptera Species File Online. Version 5.0 / 5.0. Available from: http: // Plecoptera. SpeciesFile. org (accessed 3 July 2022)

Grubbs, S. A., Baumann, R. W., DeWalt, R. E. & Tweddale, T. (2014) A review of the Nearctic genus Prostoia (Ricker) (Plecoptera: Nemouridae), with the description of a new species and a surprising range extension for P. hallasi Kondratieff & Kirchner. ZooKeys, 401, 11 - 30. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 401.7299

Hagen, H. A. (1861) Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America with a list of South American species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 4, 1 - 347. [https: // archive. org / details / synopsisofneurop 00 hage / page / n 5] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 1715

Harper, P. P. & Hynes, H. B. N. (1971) The nymphs of Nemouridae of eastern Canada (Insecta: Plecoptera). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 49, 1129 - 1142. https: // doi. org / 10.1139 / z 71 - 173

Hitchcock, S. W. (1974) Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Part VII. The Plecoptera or stoneflies of Connecticut. State Geological Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 107, 1 - 262.

Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich. 82. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 631 pp.

Needham, J. G. & Claassen, P. W. (1925) A monograph of the Plecoptera or stoneflies of America north of Mexico. Thomas Say Foundation, Entomological Society of America Monograph, 2, 1 - 386. [http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 6270959] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6826

Poulton, B. C. & Stewart, K. W. (1991) The stoneflies of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains (Plecoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 38, 1 - 116. [http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 38911823]

Ricker, W. E. (1952) Systematic Studies in Plecoptera. Indiana University Publications Series, 18, 1 - 200. [http: // www. nativefishlab. net / library / textpdf / 16861. pdf]

Stark, B. P. (2017) Chapter 3 Plecoptera. In: Morse, J. C., McCafferty, W. P., Stark, B. P. & Jacobus, L. M. (Eds.), Larvae of the southeastern USA mayfly, stonefly, and caddisfly species (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera). Biota of South Carolina. Chapter 9. Clemson University Public Service Publishing, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, pp. 161 - 247.

Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera. Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich 94. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 465 pp.

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FIGURES 85‒92. Prostoia similis. 85, USA, Virginia, McClure River, epiproct, dorsal view; 86, male abdominal terminalia, dorsal view; 87, male abdominal terminalia, lateral view; 88, USA, Virginia, McClure River, epiproct, lateral view; 89, USA, Virginia, McClure River, epiproct apex, lateral view; 90, USA, Virginia, McClure River, epiproct apex, dorsal view; 91, USA, Virginia, McClure River, epiproct base, caudal view; 92, USA, Virginia, Big Run, epiproct base, dorsal view. c = cercus, la = lateral arm, vs = ventral sclerite.

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FIGURES 93‒94. Prostoia similis. 93, female abdominal terminalia, ventral view; 94, USA, West Virginia, Little Coal River, female abdominal terminalia, ventral view. sgp = subgenital plate.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Plecoptera

Family

Nemouridae

SubFamily

Nemourinae

Genus

Prostoia