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Leuctra variabilis Hanson, 1941

Variable Needlefly

Nomenclature (13)

  • Leuctra variabilis Hanson, 1941: 62.

    Holotype; male; 33de93b5-f1eb-4ede-bbe4-f4dd4ca32fc1; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: Massachusetts: Franklin: Paradise Trail, Sunderland: Mass.

  • Leuctra variabilis Hanson, 1941 in Illies, 1966: 111.
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  • Leuctra variabilis Hanson, 1941 in Hogan & Grubbs, 2022: 400.
  • Leuctra variabilis Hanson, 1941 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 31.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • 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
  • 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
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  • Grubbs, S. (2003) Notes on the distribution of Leuctra carolinensis and L. variabilis in Maryland with amended and new state records. Entomological News, 114(1), 51–53. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20705#page/57/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Hanson, J.F. (1941) Studies on the Plecoptera of North America, II. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 36(2), 57–66. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50573848
  • 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. & 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
  • Tarter, D.C., Chaffee, D.L., Grubbs, S. & DeWalt, R.E. (2015) New state records of Kentucky (USA) stoneflies (Plecoptera). Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 11(13), 167–174. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia11-13.pdf

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