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Leuctra tenella Provancher, 1878

Broad-lobed Needlefly

Nomenclature (30)

  • Leuctra tenuis Provancher, 1876: 218. (homonym)
  • Leuctra tenuis Provancher, 1876 (synonym of Leuctra tenella Provancher, 1878)
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  • Leuctra tenella Provancher, 1878 in Hogan & Grubbs, 2022: 400.
  • Leuctra tenella Provancher, 1878 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 29.

Nomenclature references (27)

  • 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
  • Claassen, P.W. (1928) Additions and corrections to the monograph on the Plecoptera of North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 21(4), 667–668. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/21.4.667
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Earle, J.I. (2009) Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Mount Misery Brook in the New Jersey Pinelands, with Nine New Stonefly Records for New Jersey, U.S.A. Entomological News, 120(2), 157–170. Available at http://https://doi.org/10.3157/021.120.0205
  • Giberson, D.J. & Garnett, H.L. (1996) Species composition, distribution, and summer emergence phenology of stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74, 1260–1267.
  • 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. (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
  • Grubbs, S. (2015) Leuctra schusteri, a new stonefly species (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) of the L. tenuis (Pictet) group from the southeastern USA. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 11(12), 147–166. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia11-12.pdf
  • Grubbs, S., Pessino, M. & DeWalt, R.E. (2013) Distribution patterns of Ohio stoneflies, with an emphasis on rare and uncommon species. Journal of Insect Science, 13(72), 1–18. Available at http://www.insectscience.org/13.72
  • 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
  • Harper, P.P. & Harper, F. (1997) The genus Leuctra Stephens in North America: a preliminary report. In Ephemeroptera & Plecoptera, Biology–Ecology–Systematics. MTL - Mauron+Tinguely & Lachat SA, Fribourg, Switzerland. pp. 467–472.
  • 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
  • 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., Kirchner, R.F. & Lenat, D.R. (1995) A review of stonefly records (Plecoptera: Hexapoda) of North Carolina and South Carolina. Brimleyana, 23, 25–40.
  • 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
  • Provancher, L. (1876) Petite faune entomologique du Canada. les Neuropteres. Naturaliste canad., 8(7), 209–218. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7508340
  • Provancher, L. (1878) Additions et corrections aux Neuropteres de la Province de Quebec. Naturaliste canad., 10(4), 124–128. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7570469
  • Ricker, W.E. (1952) Systematic Studies in Plecoptera. Indiana University Publications Science Series, 18, 1–200.
  • 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
  • Tarter, D.C. & Nelson, C.H. (2010) New state, county, and drainage basin records of West Virginia (USA) stoneflies (Plecoptera). Entomological News, 121(2), 159–162. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3157/021.121.0206
  • Verdone, C.J., Kondratieff, B.C., DeWalt, R.E. & South, E.J. (2017) Studies on the stoneflies of Georgia with the description of a new species of Soyedina Ricker, new state records and an annotated checklist. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 13(3), 30–49. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia13-03.pdf

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