Leuctra ferruginea (Walker)

Harrison, Audrey B. & Stark, Bill P., 2010, Two New Species Of Stoneflies In The Leuctra Ferruginea Group (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), With Notes On The Leuctra Species Known For Mississippi And Alabama, U. S. A., Illiesia 6 (3), pp. 16-33 : 26-28

Leuctra ferruginea (Walker)

( Figs. 15-23 )

Nemoura ferruginea Walker, 1852:183 . Lectotype ♀ (British Museum of Natural History), Nova Scotia, designated by Ricker (1938)

Leuctra decepta Claassen, 1923:260 . Holotype ♂ (Cornell University), Ringwood Hollow, Ithaca, New York, synonymy by Illies (1966)

Material examined. Alabama: Mobile Co., Wilmer , 30.79° N, 88.39° W, Malaise trap, 25 February 2004, W.A. Pate, 1♂ ( BPS) . Louisiana: Washington Parish, Lee Memorial Forest, Bogue Lusa Creek , T2 S, R12 E, Sec 15/16, 18 November 1995, R. E. DeWalt, 7♂, 12♀ ( INHS) . Same site, 19 November 1996, R. E. DeWalt, 2♂, 5♀ ( INHS) . Mississippi: Amite Co., tributary Tom Way Branch, Homochitto National Forest , T4 N, R3 E, 2 February, 1997, M.H. Alford, 1♂, 4♀ ( BPS) . Amite Co., spring at Rocky Branch, T4 N, R2 E, Sec. 18, 26 December 1997, M.H. Alford, 4♂, 6♀ ( INHS) . Amite Co., spring at Lazy Creek , 18 December 1997, M.H. Alford, 5♂, 7♀ ( INHS) . Choctaw Co., Woods Spring , ~ 200 m N Woods Spring Baptist Church, 33.27359° N, 89.21984° W, 28 December 2009, B. Stark, 7♂, 6♀ ( BPS) . Franklin Co., Clear Springs Recreation Area, Homochitto National Forest , 1 January 2005, B. Stark, 3♂, 8♀ ( BPS) . Same site, 21 December 2009, B. Stark, 21♂, 14♀ ( BPS) . Simpson Co., Mill Creek, Hwy 472, 4-7 October 2004, B. Stark, 5♂ ( BPS) . Same site, 4 October 1997, B. Stark, 3♂, 1♀ ( INHS) . Tishomingo Co., tributary Sandy Creek , CR 355, 6 February 2010, A. Harrison, L. Little, 2♂, 2♀ ( BPS) . Newfoundland: Grandys Brook, Hwy 460 W Rose , 10 June 1998, B.C. Kondratieff, R. W. Baumann, 45♂, 55♀ ( CSU) . New Jersey: Burlington Co., Mt. Misery Brook , 6.5 km E Rt 70/172, J. Gelhaus, 2♂ ( JIE) . New York: Franklin Co., North Branch Saramac River, Goldsmith Road , 17 July 2006, L. Myers, 2♂ ( CSU) . Hamilton Co., Governor Brook, Limekiln Road nr. Red River , 29 June 2007, L. Myers, B.C. Kondratieff, 8♂ ( CSU) . Suffolk Co., Rattlesnake Brook, Blue Trail , 20 May 2008, B.C. Kondratieff, R. W. Baumann, L. Myers, 10♂, 5♀ ( CSU) . Nova Scotia: Inverness Co., Northeast Margaree River, N Margaree Valley , 21 June 1993, R. W. Baumann, B.C. Kondratieff, 3♂, 3♀ ( BYU) . Victoria Co., Cape Breton Highlands , 5 October 2005, J. Ogden, 3♂ ( CSU) . Pennsylvania: Schuylkill Co., Catawissa Creek, Hwy 339, 1 June 2004, J. Earle, 2♂ ( JIE) . Westmoreland Co., Camp Run, Hwy 381, 27 August 1997, J. Earle, 2♂ ( JIE) . Tennessee: Sevier Co., Stone Camp Branch at Lynn Camp Prong , Great Smoky Mountains National Park , 7 September 2001, B.A. Sikes, C.A. Walker, 3♂, 4♀ ( CSU) . Sevier Co., Doghobble Branch at Lynn Camp Prong , Great Smoky Mountains National Park , 7 September 2001, D. Etnier, 5♂, 4♀ ( CSU) .

Comments. See “Diagnosis” section of L. colemanorum above. The Louisiana specimens loaned by R.E. DeWalt represent a new state record. The Bogue Lusa Creek site, located in Washington Parish, the northeastern most of the Florida Parishes is bordered on the north and east by three Mississippi counties, Pike, Walthall and Pearl River. No Leuctra records are reported for these counties but L. ferruginea is known from several sites in Amite County which borders Pike County.

Figures

Figs. 12-17. SEM images, Leuctra spp. male paraprocts. 12. L. colemanorum, 13 mi NW Bruce, Calhoun Co., Mississippi, caudoventral aspect. 13. L. colemanorum, Denly Spring #1, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi, anterodorsal aspect. 14. L. colemanorum, Denly Spring #2, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi, anterodorsal aspect. 15. L. ferruginea, tributary Tom Way Branch, Amite Co., Mississippi, anterodorsal aspect. 16. L. ferruginea, Woods Spring, Choctaw Co., Mississippi, anterodorsal aspect. 17. L. ferruginea, Mill Creek, Simpson Co., Mississippi, anterodorsal aspect.

Figs. 18-23. SEM images, Leuctra ferruginea male paraprocts. 18. NE Margaree River, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, anterodorsal aspect. 19. Nova Scotia, Inverness Co., apex, anterodorsal aspect. 20. Nova Scotia, Inverness Co., apex, lateral aspect. 21. North Branch Saramac River, Franklin Co., New York, apex, anterodorsal aspect. 22. Governor Brook, Hamilton Co., New York, apex, anterodorsal aspect. 23. Doghobble Branch, Sevier Co., Tennessee, apex, anterodorsal aspect.