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Ostrocerca complexa (Claassen, 1937)

Notched Forestfly

Nomenclature (22)

  • Nemoura complexa Claassen, 1937: 43.

    Holotype; male; f3efd373-2591-482b-ab57-5819ae131b4a; deposited at: Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC);

  • Nemoura complexa Claassen, 1937 in Claassen, 1940: 53.
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  • Ostrocerca complexa (Claassen, 1937) in Grubbs & Baumann, 2023: 10.
  • Nemoura complexa Claassen, 1937 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 35.

Nomenclature references (22)

  • Baumann, R.W. (1975) Revision of the stonefly family Nemouridae (Plecoptera): a study of the world fauna at the generic level. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 211, 1–74. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0211.pdf
  • Claassen, P.W. (1937) New species of stoneflies (Plecoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 10(2), 42–51.
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  • Claassen, P.W. (1940) A catalogue of the Plecoptera of the world. Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 232, 1–235. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla7251474_8571_012#mode/1up
  • Earle, J.I. (2009) New state stonefly (Plecoptera) records for Pennsylvania, with additional records and information on rare species. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 5(16), 169–181. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia05-16.pdf
  • Griffith, M.B. & Perry, S.A. (1992) Plecoptera of Headwater Catchments in the Fernow Experimental Forest, Monongohela National Forest, West Virginia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 94(2), 282–287.
  • Grubbs, S. (1997) New Records, Zoogeographic Notes, and a Revised Checklist of Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Maryland. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 123(1/2), 71–84. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25078627
  • Grubbs, S.A. & Baumann, R.W. (2023) The Nemourinae (Insecta, Nemouridae) of the eastern Nearctic. Zootaxa, 5306(1), 1–53. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.1.1
  • Grubbs, S.A. (2018) An update on the stonefly fauna (Insecta, Plecoptera) of Maryland, including new and emended state records and an updated state checklist. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 14(4), 65–80. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia14-4.pdf
  • Hitchcock, S. (1974) Guide to the Insects of Connecticut. Part VII. The Plecoptera or stoneflies of Connecticut. Bulletin of the State Geological Survey of Connecticut, 107, 1–262.
  • Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 82, 1–631.
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Baumann, R.W. (1994) Assault on Atlantic Canada: a stonefly collecting foray to the Canadian Maritime Provinces. Perla, 12, 16–19.
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Kirchner, R.F. (1987) Additions, taxonomic corrections, and faunal affinities of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia, USA. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 89(1), 24–30. Available at http://https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16262424
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Voshell, J.R., Jr. (1979) Checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia. Entomological News, 90(5), 241–246.
  • Kondratieff, B.C., Verdone, C.J. & Roble, S.M. (2017) New records of stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Virginia, U.S.A. Perla, 35, 22–27. Available at http://plecoptera.speciesfile.org/HomePage/Plecoptera/LitArchive/PerlaNo35_2017.pdf
  • Myers, L., Kondratieff, B.C., Mihuc, T.B. & Ruiter, D.E. (2011) The Mayflies (Ephemeroptera), Stoneflies (Plecoptera), and Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the Adirondack Park (New York State). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 137(1+2), 63–140. Available at http://https://doi.org/10.3157/061.137.0118PY
  • Myers, L.W., Kondratieff, B.C., Grubbs, S.A., Pett, L.A., DeWalt, R.E., Mihuc, T.B. & Hart, L.V. (2025) Distributional and species richness patterns of the stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) in New York State. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13(e158952), 1–115. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.13.e158952
  • Neves, R.J. (1978) Seasonal Succession and Diversity of Stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Factory Brook, Massachusetts. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 86(3), 144–152. Available at http://https://www.jstor.org/stable/25009110
  • Ricker, W.E. (1952) Systematic Studies in Plecoptera. Indiana University Publications Science Series, 18, 1–200.
  • Ricker, W.E. (1965) New records and descriptions of Plecoptera (class Insecta). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 22(2), 475–501.
  • Tarter, D.C. & Kirchner, R.F. (1980) List of the Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of West Virginia. Entomological News, 91(2), 49–53. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2693425
  • Young, D.C., Kondratieff, B.C. & Kirchner, R.F. (1989) Description of male Ostrocerca Ricker (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) using the scanning electron microscope. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 91(2), 257–268. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16134999#page/267/mode/1up
  • Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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