Salmoperla sylvanica Baumann & Lauck, 1987

Verdone, Chris J. & Kondratieff, Boris C., 2016, Description Of The Male Terminalia Of Two Western Nearctic Perlodinae (Pictetiella Expansa (Banks) And Salmoperla Sylvanica Baumann & Lauck), Illiesia 12 (1), pp. 1-9 : 5

Salmoperla sylvanica Baumann & Lauck

( Figs. 12-17 )

Salmoperla sylvanica Baumann & Lauck (1987:825 .) Salmoperla sylvanica: Stark & Baumann , (2006:24.)

Material Examined. CALIFORNIA: Humboldt Co., Willow Creek , 40.931559°N, 123.681118°W, 17 June 2009, B. Kondratieff & J. Sandberg, 1♂ ( CSUC) ; OREGON: Jackson Co., Split Rock Creek, Wagner Gap Road , 12 mi S Talent, 42.09480°N, 122.77397°W, 22 May 2014, B. Kondratieff, C. Verdone, J. Sandberg & B. Stark, 2♂, 1♀ ( CSUC) .

Description: Male. For a habitus description refer to Baumann and Lauck (1987). Head and pronotum shown in ( Fig. 12 ). Ninth tergum with pair of lateral humps (LH), apices covered in sensilla basiconica, lateral margins covered in long fine hairs ( Fig. 13 ). Tenth tergum deeply cleft, membranous with a large basal anchor (BA) which extends to base of the epiproct cowl ( Fig. 14 ). Epiproct cowl (EC) membranous with sparse setae ( Fig. 13 ) and flanked by two rectangular paragenital plates (PP) at base ( Fig. 14 ). Hemitergal lobes (HL) rounded produced inward, sclerotized and flattened at apices bearing sensilla basiconica anteriorly and fine hairs posteriorly ( Fig. 14 ). Epiproct short, boxlike in dorsal aspect, basal portion slightly narrowed, covered in backward directed scale-like setae, setae absent on apex ( Figs. 15, 16 ). Lateral stylets short, broad and darkly sclerotized terminating in outward directed hooks, present laterally at epiproct base ( Fig. 16 ). Aedeagus with pair of large posterolateral lobes at base ( Fig. 17 ). Basal portion of aedeagus covered with uniformly spaced spinulae ( Fig. 17 ). Apex of aedeagus bulbous, glabrous ( Fig. 17 ).

Figures

Fig. 12. Head and pronotum dorsal, Salmoperla sylvanica ♂, Siskiyou Co., Oregon, Split Rock Creek, 22 May 2014.

Figs. 13-14. Salmoperla sylvanica ♂, Siskiyou Co., Oregon, Split Rock Creek, 22 May 2014. 13. Terminalia lateral, lateral humps (LH), epiproct cowl (EC). 14. Terminalia dorsal, basal anchor (BA), hemitergal lobes (HL), paragenital plates (PP).

Figs. 15-17. Salmoperla sylvanica ♂, Siskiyou Co., Oregon, Split Rock Creek, 22 May 2014. 15. Epiproct dorsal, scale-like setae. 16. Epiproct lateral, lateral stylet (LS). 17. Terminalia, aedeagus dorsal.