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Perlesta decipiens (Walsh, 1862)

Widespread Stone
Perlesta decipiens (Walsh, 1862): Photo by R. E. DeWalt. P. decipiens mating pair. IL: Vermilion Co., M Fk Vermilion R., 6/2010. (Otu).
Perlesta decipiens (Walsh, 1862): Photo by R. E. DeWalt. P. decipiens mating pair. IL: Vermilion Co., M Fk Vermilion R., 6/2010. (Otu).

Nomenclature (37)

  • Perla (Perla) decipiens Walsh, 1862: 364. (valid)
  • Perla brunnipennis Walsh, 1862: 367.

    Syntype; male; MCZ MCZ # 10131; deposited at: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ); Rock Island

  • Perlesta decipiens (Walsh, 1862) in Verdone, Kondratieff, DeWalt & South, 2017: 39.
  • Perlesta decipiens (Walsh, 1862) in Grubbs & Sheldon, 2018: 27.

Nomenclature references (30)

  • 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
  • Walsh, B.D. (1862) List of the Pseudoneuroptera of Illinois contained in the cabinet of the writer, with descriptions of over forty new species, and notes on the structural affinities. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14, 361–402. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofaca14acad
  • Banks, N. (1914) New neuropteroid insects, native and exotic. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 66, 608–633. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofaca66acad
  • Klapálek, F. (1921) Plécoptères nouveaux. Deuxieme Partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 61, 146–150. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12282049
  • Needham, J.G. & Claassen, P.W. (1925) A Monograph of the Plecoptera or Stoneflies of America North of Mexico. The Thomas Say Foundation, II, 1–397. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/monographofpleco00need
  • Claassen, P.W. (1940) A catalogue of the Plecoptera of the world. Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 232, 1–235. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla7251474_8571_012#mode/1up
  • Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 82, 1–631.
  • Stark, B.P. (1989) Perlesta placida (Hagen), an eastern Nearctic species complex (Plecoptera: Perlidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 20(3), 263–286. Available at http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/187631289x00339
  • Rhodes, H.A. & Kondratieff, B.C. (1996) Annotated List of the Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Western Nebraska, U.S.A. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 69(2), 191–198.
  • Abbott, J.C., Stewart, K.W. & Moulton, S.R., II (1997) Aquatic Insects of the Big Thicket Region of East Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 49(3), 35–50.
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Baumann, R.W. (2002) A review of the stoneflies of Colorado with description of a new species of Capnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 128(4), 385–401.
  • 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
  • DeWalt, R.E. & Heinold, B.D. (2005) Summer emerging Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera of Abrams Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 107(1), 34–48.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Zuellig, R.E., Kondratieff, B.C. & Hood, R.W. (2006) Studies on stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Colorado with eastern faunal affinities, including a new state record of the midwestern salfmonfly, Pteronarcys pictetii Hagen (Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 108(2), 335–340.
  • Zuellig, R.E., Kondratieff, B.C., Schmidt, J.P., Durfee, R.S., Ruiter, D.E. & Prather, I.E. (2006) An Annotated List of Aquatic Insects of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Excluding Diptera with Notes on Several New State Records. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 79(1), 34–54.
  • Cary, S.J. & Jacobi, G.Z. (2008) Zoogeographic affinities of southwestern USA Plecoptera. In International Advances in the Ecology, Zoogeography, and Systematics of Mayflies and Stoneflies. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. pp. 133–157. Available at http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/11081.php
  • Heinold, B.D. (2010) The Mayflies (Ephemeroptera), Stoneflies (Plecoptera), and Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the South Platte River Basin of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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. (2012) An amended redescription of the male of Perlesta etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) plus new Perlesta state records. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 8(9), 111–113. Available at http://www2.pms-lj.si/illiesia/papers/Illiesia08-09.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.
  • Zuellig, R.E., Heinold, B.D., Kondratieff, B.C. & Ruiter, D.E. (2012) Diversity and distribution of mayflies (Ephemeroptera), stoneflies (Plecoptera), and caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1873–2010. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series, 606, 257 pp.
  • Cao, Y., DeWalt, R.E., Robinson, J.L., Tweddale, T. & Pessino, M. (2013) Using Maxent to model the historic distributions of stonefly species in Illinois streams: The effects of regularization and threshold selections. Ecological Modeling, 259, 30–39.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045