Stoneflies - Plecoptera: Nemouridae of Gunnison County, ColoradoAmphinemura banksi - Rockies ForestflyBaumann & Gaufin 1972Updated 9 Aug 2009
TSN 102546 HabitatThe genus Ampinemura is holarctic (found all the way around the northern hemisphere), but the species A. banksi is endemic to western North America.Good LinksOn this website:Amphineura linda Introduction to the genus Amphinemura Introduction to the family Nemouridae Other Websites: Map - Kondratieff, Boris C. and Richard W. Baumann (coordinators). 2000. Stoneflies of the United States. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/sfly/usa/175.htm (Version 12DEC2003). Their map shows A. banksi is present in Gunnison County. ReferencesBaumann,RW; Gaufin,AR 1972 The Amphinemura venusta complex of western North America. Contributions of the Science and Natural History Museum 226, 1-16.The original description of this insect. Baumann,RW, Gaufin,AR and Surdick,RF 1977 The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 31, 1-208. Quote from page 26: "This species occurs commonly in creeks and rivers. The adults emerge in July and August." Figure 67, epiproct lateral view, 68a epiproct ventral view; 68b epiproct, dorsal view; 69 paraproct ventral-lateral view on page 27. Figure 80 female terminalia, ventral view on page 31. They also mention this species is present in Gunnison County. Baumann,RW and Kondratieff,BC 2008 The Alloperla severa complex (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) of western North America. Illiesia, 4(6):66-75. PDF Kondratieff,BC and Baumann,RW 2002 A review of the stoneflies of Colorado with description of a new species of Capnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae). Transactions of American Entomological Society 128 3, 385-401. Quote from page 391: "This species was named from Rocky Mountain National Park in 1972 and is a common species throughout the Mountain region of the state." Mutch,RA and Pritchard,G 1986 Development rates of eggs of some Canadian stoneflies (Plecoptera) in relation to temperature. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 5(4)272-277. First page Abstract: The eggs of eight species of Plecoptera from Alberta were reared at constant temperatures between 2 and 25°C. All species' eggs hatched at 2°C but none hatched at 25°C. The relationships between temperature and number of days required for development and hatching were fitted to power equations. Slope values (b) ranged from -1.31 for Skwala parallela to 0.03 for Amphinemura banksi; the remainder fell between -0.94 and -0.68. All of these values, except for that for S. parallela, imply that stonefly eggs develop most efficiently at the lowest temperature within the favorable range or develop with equal efficiency throughout the favorable range. Ruse,LP; Herrmann,SJ 2000 Plecoptera and Trichoptera species distribution related to environmental characteristics of the metal-polluted Arkansas River, Colorado. Western North American Naturalist 60 (1) 57-65. PDF Stewart,KW and Stark,BP 2002 Nymphs of North American Stonefly Genera. 2nd edition The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio. 510 pages. Illustration of nymph on page 184-185, figure 9.1-9.2 |