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Paragnetina media (Walker, 1852)

Embossed Stone

Nomenclature (33)

  • Perla (Isogenus) media Walker, 1852: 145.

    Holotype; unsexed adult; a4bef6c1-66b6-4475-abce-bbc1634f0ef3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Canada: Northwest Territories: Hudson's Bay, [Albany River, St. Martins Falls]

  • Perla (Perla) media Walker, 1852 in Hagen, 1861: 24.
  • Paragnetina media (Walker, 1852) in Hogan & Grubbs, 2022: 399.
  • Perla (Isogenus) media Walker, 1852 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 65.

Nomenclature references (31)

  • Walker, F. (1852) Part I. Phryganides-Perlides. In Catalogue of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman, London. Vol. 1, 1–192 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9997105
  • 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
  • Klapálek, F. (1923) Plécoptères II. Fam. Perlidae. Subfam. Perlinae, Subfam. Neoperlinae. Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Sélys-Longchamps, 4(2), 1–193. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38463
  • Frison, T.H. (1935) The stoneflies, or Plecoptera, of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 20, 281–471. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760489
  • Ricker, W.E. (1936) New Canadian perlids (Part II). The Canadian Entomologist, 67, 256–264. [1935]
  • Frison, T.H. (1937) II. Descriptions of Plecoptera with special reference to the Illinois Species. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 21(3), 78–99. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44852
  • Ricker, W.E. (1949) The North American species of Paragnetina (Plecoptera, Perlidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 42(3), 279–288.
  • Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 82, 1–631.
  • Kimmins, D.E. (1970) A list of the type-specimens of Plecoptera and Megaloptera in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 24(8), 337–361. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis24entolond
  • Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.
  • Narf, R.P. & Hilsenhoff, W.L. (1974) Emergence pattern of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Otter Creek, Wisconsin. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 7, 117–125.
  • Shapas, T.J. & Hilsenhoff, W.L. (1976) Feeding Habits of Wisconsin's Predominant Lotic Plecoptera, Ephemeroptera, and Trichoptera. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 9(4), 175–188.
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Voshell, J.R., Jr. (1979) Checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia. Entomological News, 90(5), 241–246.
  • Lager, T.M., Johnson, M.D., Williams, S.N. & McCulloch, J.L. (1979) A preliminary report on the Plecoptera and Trichoptera of northeastern Minnesota. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 12(3), 109–114.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sivec, I., Stark, B.P. & Uchida, S. (1988) Synopsis of the world genera of Perlinae (Plecoptera: Perlidae). Scopolia, 16, 1–66. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Scopolia_16_0001-0066.pdf
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Baumann, R.W. (1994) Assault on Atlantic Canada: a stonefly collecting foray to the Canadian Maritime Provinces. Perla, 12, 16–19.
  • Kapoor, N.N. (2001) Fine Structure of the Gut of a Stonefly Nymph, Paragnetina media (Walker) (Plecoptera: Perlidae). In Trends in Research in Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston etc. pp. 459–465.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Dosdall, L.M. & Giberson, D.J. (2014) Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Canadian Prairie Provinces. pp. 201–229.
  • 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.
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Species1056