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Prostoia similis (Hagen, 1861)

Longhorn Forestfly

Nomenclature (37)

  • Taeniopteryx similis Hagen, 1861: 34.

    Holotype; male; 2b887be2-b76b-4388-9388-896ff72308e4; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: District of Columbia: Washington, D.C.

  • Nemoura similis (Hagen, 1861) in Banks, 1907: 14.
  • Prostoia similis (Hagen, 1861) in Grubbs & Baumann, 2023: 25.
  • Taeniopteryx similis Hagen, 1861 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 38.

Nomenclature references (33)

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  • Banks, N. (1907) In Catalogue of the neuropteroid insects (except Odonata) of the United States. American Entomological Society, Philadelphia. 1–53 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/32399
  • Claassen, P.W. (1923) New species of North American Plecoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 55, 257–263, 281–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88627#page/565/mode/1up
  • Needham, J.G. & Claassen, P.W. (1925) A Monograph of the Plecoptera or Stoneflies of America North of Mexico. The Thomas Say Foundation, II, 1–397. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/monographofpleco00need
  • 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
  • Ricker, W.E. (1952) Systematic Studies in Plecoptera. Indiana University Publications Science Series, 18, 1–200.
  • Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 82, 1–631.
  • Harper, P.P. & Hynes, H.B.N. (1971) The nymphs of the Nemouridae of eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 49, 1129–1142.
  • Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.
  • 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.
  • Narf, R.P. & Hilsenhoff, W.L. (1974) Emergence pattern of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Otter Creek, Wisconsin. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 7, 117–125.
  • 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
  • Shapas, T.J. & Hilsenhoff, W.L. (1976) Feeding Habits of Wisconsin's Predominant Lotic Plecoptera, Ephemeroptera, and Trichoptera. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 9(4), 175–188.
  • Bednarik, A.F. & McCafferty, W.P. (1977) A checklist of the stoneflies, or Plecoptera, of Indiana. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 10(4), 223–226. Available at http://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol10/iss4/9
  • 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
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Voshell, J.R., Jr. (1979) Checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia. Entomological News, 90(5), 241–246.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Poulton, B.C. & Stewart, K.W. (1991) The stoneflies of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains (Plecoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 38, 1–116.
  • Grubbs, S. (2004) Studies on Indiana stoneflies (Plecoptera), with an annotated and revised state checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106(4), 865–876. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30135436
  • Tarter, D.C., Chaffee, D.L. & Grubbs, S. (2006) Revised checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Kentucky, U.S.A. Entomological News, 117(1), 1–10.
  • DeWalt, R.E. & Grubbs, S. (2011) Updates to the stonefly fauna of Illinois and Indiana. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 7(3), 31–50. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia07-03.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
  • DeWalt, R.E., Cao, Y., Tweddale, T., Grubbs, S.A., Hinz, L., Pessino, M. & Robinson, J.L. (2012) Ohio USA stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera): species richness estimation, distribution of functional niche traits, drainage affiliations, and relationships to other states. ZooKeys, 178, 1–26. Available at http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/2616/ohio-usa-stoneflies-insecta-plecoptera-species-richness-estimation-distribution-of-functional-niche-traits-drainage-affi
  • Grubbs, S., Pessino, M. & DeWalt, R.E. (2012) Michigan Plecoptera (Stoneflies): distribution patterns and an updated species list. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 8, 162–173.
  • Grubbs, S.A., Baumann, R.W., DeWalt, R.E. & Tweddale, T. (2014) A review of the Nearctic genus Prostoia (Ricker) (Plecoptera: Nemouridae), with the description of a new species and a surprising range extension for P. hallasi Kondratieff and Kirchner. ZooKeys, 401, 11–23. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3757
  • DeWalt, R.E. & Snyder, E.D. (2017) Plecoptera of Crane Hollow Nature Preserve, Ohio, comparison to similar efforts. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 13(6), 70–81. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia13-06.pdf
  • 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
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  • 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
  • Hogan, P.N. & Grubbs, S.A. (2022) Distributional Trends and Species Richness of Maryland, USA, Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera), with an Emphasis on the Appalachian Region. Ecologies, 3(3), 395–421. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030029
  • 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
  • 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

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Latin: similar.