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Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937)

Appalachian Needlefly

CollectionObject 2319922; b27af003-bb04-4507-bcb5-5b3fb443c63a: (CollectionObject).;Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937): Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937) holotype specimen label data. (Otu).
CollectionObject 2319922; b27af003-bb04-4507-bcb5-5b3fb443c63a: (CollectionObject).;Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937): Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937) holotype specimen label data. (Otu).
Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937): Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937) allotype specimen label data. (Otu).

Nomenclature (27)

  • Leuctra sara Claassen, 1937: 44.

    Holotype; male; b27af003-bb04-4507-bcb5-5b3fb443c63a; deposited at: Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC);

  • Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937) in Hanson, 1941: 58, 64.
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  • Paraleuctra sara (Claassen, 1937) in Hogan & Grubbs, 2022: 400.
  • Leuctra sara Claassen, 1937 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 31.

Nomenclature references (27)

  • Claassen, P.W. (1937) New species of stoneflies (Plecoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 10(2), 42–51.
  • 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
  • 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. & Sheldon, A.L. (2008) Allocapnia muskogee and A. menawa, new species of snowflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from the Talladega National Forest region of eastern Alabama, U.S.A., plus four new state records. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 4(11), 99–109. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia04-11.pdf
  • 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.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
  • 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. & 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
  • 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
  • Mingo, T.M., Courtemanch, D.L. & Gibbs, K.E. (1979) The aquatic insects of the St. John River drainage, Aroostook County, Maine. Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Technical Bulletins, 92, 1–22.
  • 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
  • Stark, B.P. & Kyzar, J.W. (2001) Systematics of Nearctic Paraleuctra with description of a new genus (Plecoptera: Leuctridae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 144, 119–135. Available at http://www.nev.nl/tve/pdf/te0144119.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., Chaffee, D.L. & Grubbs, S. (2006) Revised checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Kentucky, U.S.A. Entomological News, 117(1), 1–10.
  • 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
  • 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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