Allocapnia zola Ricker, 1952

Earle, Jane I., 2009, New State Stonefly (Plecoptera) Records For Pennsylvania, With Additional Records And Information On Rare Species, Illiesia 5 (16), pp. 169-181 : 174

Allocapnia zola Ricker

ranges from New Brunswick south to Virginia and Kentucky. The only previous Pennsylvania records are from 3 small forested creeks in Carbon, Perry, and Westmoreland Counties ( Masteller 1996). Allocapnia zola is found mainly in small clean cold water creeks; however, in Pennsylvania it also has been found in medium creeks and in streams receiving alkaline coal mine drainage. Most records are from Blue Mountain in southcentral Pennsylvania, the southern-most ridge in the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province .

New records: BEDFORD: (P) Fifteenmile Creek , 1 st bridge upstream of Maryland state line, 20 January 2006, 2♂; Piney Creek , PA Rte. 26, 6 February 2005, 2♂; FAYETTE: (O) Little Champion Creek , SR 1050, 24 February 1997, 1♂; Champion Creek, 50 m downstream of Little Champion Creek , 24 February 1997, 1♂, 1♀ , FULTON: (P) Trough Run, PA Rte. 484, 24 March 2006, 1♂.