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Leuctra tenuis (Pictet, 1841)

Narrow-lobed Needlefly

Nomenclature (38)

  • Nemoura tenuis Pictet, 1841
  • Leuctra tenuis (Pictet, 1841) in Hagen, 1861: 37.
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  • Leuctra tenuis (Pictet, 1841) in Hogan & Grubbs, 2022: 400.
  • Nemoura tenuis Pictet, 1841 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 29.

Nomenclature references (38)

  • Cheney, K.N., Roy, A.H., Smith, R.F. & DeWalt, R.E. (2019) Effects of Stream Temperature and Substrate Type on Emergence Patterns of Plecoptera and Trichoptera From Northeastern United States Headwater Streams. Environmental Entomology, 20(20), 1–11.
  • 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
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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
  • Dorff, N.C. & Finn, D.S. (2020) Hyporheic secondary production and life history of a common Ozark stonefly. Hydrobiologia, 847(2), 443–456. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-04105-z
  • 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
  • Ernst, M.R. & Stewart, K.W. (1985) Emergence patterns and an assessment of collecting methods for adult stoneflies (Plecoptera) in an Ozark foothills stream. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 63, 2962–2968.
  • Ernst, M.R. & Stewart, K.W. (1986) Microdistribution of eight stonefly species (Plecoptera) in relation to organic matter in an ozark foothills stream. Aquatic insects, 8(4), 237–254.
  • 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.
  • 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. (2011) A review of stonefly (Insecta; Plecoptera) taxonomic research in Alabama, with new state records and an updated checklist. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 7(2), 24–30. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia07-02.pdf
  • 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. (2012) Michigan Plecoptera (Stoneflies): distribution patterns and an updated species list. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 8, 162–173.
  • Grubbs, S.A. & Sheldon, A.L. (2018) The stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) of the Talladega Mountain region, Alabama, USA: distribution, elevation, endemism, and rarity patterns. Biodiversity Data Journal, 6(e22839), 1–40. Available at http://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22839
  • 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
  • Hagen, H.A. (1861) Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America. With a List of the South American Species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1–347. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/synopsisofneurop00hage
  • Harp, G.L. & Robison, H.W. (2006) Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of the Strawberry River System in North-central Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, 60(1), 46–61.
  • 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.
  • Harrison, A.B. & Stark, B.P. (2010) Two new species of stoneflies in the Leuctra ferruginea group (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), with notes on the Leuctra species known for Mississippi and Alabama, U.S.A. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 6(3), 13–33. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia06-03.pdf
  • Heimdal, D.P., DeWalt, R.E. & Wilton, T.F. (2004) Annotated checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Iowa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106(4), 761–778.
  • 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. & Voshell, J.R., Jr. (1979) Checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia. Entomological News, 90(5), 241–246.
  • Lake, R.W. (1980) Distribution of the Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Delaware. Entomological News, 91(2), 43–48. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2693419
  • 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
  • Narf, R.P. & Hilsenhoff, W.L. (1974) Emergence pattern of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Otter Creek, Wisconsin. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 7, 117–125.
  • 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
  • Pictet, F.J. (1841) Familie des Perlides. In Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des insectes névroptères. J. Kessmann etc., Genève. Vol. 1, Issue 1, 423 pp. + xiii. Available at http://https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52368984
  • 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.
  • Robertson, D.J. (1984) The aquatic insect community in Penitentiary Glen, a Portage Escarpment stream in northeastern Ohio. The Ohio Journal of Science, 84, 113–119. Available at http://https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/23006/1/V084N3_113.pdf
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Yasick, A.L., Krebs, R.A. & Wolin, J.A. (2007) The effect of dispersal ability in winter and summer stoneflies on their genetic differentiation. Ecological Entomology, 32, 399–404. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00881.x
  • Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.

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