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Sweltsa onkos (Ricker, 1936)

Ontario Sallfly

Nomenclature (22)

  • Alloperla onkos Ricker, 1936: 256. (valid)

    Holotype; male; 2ca11112-48ad-4b06-b988-11720b682565; deposited at: Royal Ontario Museum - Entomology (ROME); Canada: Ontario: Headwaters of Pine river ("E" creek), Horning's MIlls, Dufferin Co.

  • Alloperla (Sweltsa) onkos Ricker, 1936 in Ricker, 1952: 182.
  • Sweltsa onkos (Ricker, 1936) in Hogan & Grubbs, 2022: 399.
  • Alloperla onkos Ricker, 1936 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 56.

Nomenclature references (22)

  • Ricker, W.E. (1936) New Canadian perlids (Part II). The Canadian Entomologist, 67, 256–264. [1935]
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Baumann, R.W. (1994) Assault on Atlantic Canada: a stonefly collecting foray to the Canadian Maritime Provinces. Perla, 12, 16–19.
  • 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
  • Surdick, R.F. (2004) Chloroperlidae (the sallflies). Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey, 14(4), 1–60.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Stark, B.P., Kondratieff, B.C., Kirchner, R.F. & Stewart, K.W. (2011) Larvae of Eight Eastern North American Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 7(4), 51–64. Figures 1–40. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia07-04.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
  • Telfer, A.C. & Al., E. (2015) Biodiversity inventories in high gear: DNA barcoding facilitates a rapid biotic survey of a temperate nature reserve. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3(e6313), 1–176. Available at http://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e6313
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023