Utaperla gaspesiana Harper and Roy

is extremely rare in Pennsylvania. Adults were collected in the 1970’s by R. Surdick from Maul Spring and Powdermill Run, Westmoreland County, in southwestern Pennsylvania; however, four years of sampling in that watershed by Grubbs (1996) did not yield any additional specimens. Only one other previous Pennsylvania record exists, from Tancascootack Creek in Clinton County (Masteller 1996). Despite its rarity, benthic taxa lists for Pennsylvania streams assessments occasionally include Utaperla nymphs, which are most likely misidentifications of Alloperla usa Ricker, similar to the misidentifications discussed by Kondratieff et al. (1995) for North and South Carolina assessments. Utaperla gaspesiana ranges from Quebec and Maine south to West Virginia.

New record: MONROE: (D) Pocono Creek, Camelback Road, 22 May 2002, 1♀ (CL). Pocono Creek is a small coldwater creek in northeastern Pennsylvania.