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Stoneflies - Plecoptera: Perlodidae

Isogenoides zionensis - Zion Springfly

Hanson 1949
Updated 6 Jan 2012
TSN 103133

Description

John Sandberg has posted a mov file of I. zionensis drumming on his website.

Life History

Sandberg and Stewart have published "Life History of the stonefly Isogenoides zionensis..." Available free online:     http://www2.pms-lj.si/illiesia/papers/Illiesia01-04.pdf

Good Links

On this website:
Key to Perlodidae Nymphs
Introduction to Isogenoides

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. (Version 12DEC2003). http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/sfly/usa/536.htm

References

Baumann,RW 1973 Studies on Utah stoneflies (Plecoptera) Western North American Naturalist 33(2) 91-108. PDF
     Abstract Fragment: "... Descriptions are given of the female, nymph, and egg of Isogenoides zionensis Hanson and an allotype female designated. ... Descriptions are either supported with original figures or reference is made to acceptable figures in the literature. Besides line drawings and halftones, useful photographic figures are provided which were prepared by using a scanning electron microscope."

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 128: "Nymphs are sometimes common in creeks and rivers in the Southern Rockies, but few adults have been collected. The adults emerge in May and June. "

DeWalt,RE and Stewart,KW 1995 Life histories of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in the Rio Conejos of southern Colorado. Great Basin Naturalist 55, 1-18.

Fuller,RL; Stewart,K,W 1977 The food habits of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in the Upper Gunnison River, Colorado. Environmental Entomology 6, 293-302.

Hanson,JF 1949 Studies on the Plecoptera of North America: V. Notes on Isogenoides. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 44:109-116.
     Describes I. zioensis for the first time.

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 397: "This species is generally restricted to the silty and warmer West Slope rivers and larger streams of the Plateau, but can be found: Summit Co., Blue River near Silverthorne, 13May1994,N. Voelz,3 males(CSU) and the Rio Conejos (DeWalt and Stewart 1995). "

Maketon,M;Stewart,KW; Kondratieff,BC and Kirchner,RF 1988 New Descriptions of Drumming and Evolution of the Behavior in North American Perlodidae (Plecoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 61(2) 161-168 Abstract and first page

Sandberg,JB and Stewart,KW 2004 Capacity for extended egg diapause in six Isogenoides Klapálek species (Plecoptera: Perlodidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 130(4): 411-423. PDF

Sandberg and Stewart 2005 Life history of the stonefly Isogenoides zionensis (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from the San Miguel River, Colorado. Illiesia 1(4)21-32.     PDF

Sandberg,JB and Stewart,KW 2005a Vibrational communication (Drumming) of the nearartic stonefly genus Isogenoides (Plecoptera: Perlodidae). Transactions of American Entomological Society 131 1+2, 111-130.
     Has sonogram of drumming duet between male and female on page 130. PDF

Sandberg,JB and Stewart,KW 2005b Holomorphology and systematics of the stonefly genus Isogenoides (Plecoptera: Perlodidae). Transactions of American Entomological Society 131 3+4, 269-345.

Stewart,KW and Stark,BP 2002 Nymphs of North American Stonefly Genera. 2nd edition The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio. 510 pages.
     Illustrations of nymph on page 404-405, figures 14.27-14.28

Stewart,KW and Szczytko,SW 1983 Drift of Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera in two Colorado rivers. Freshwater Invertebrate Biology. 2(3)117-131. PDF

Stewart,KW and Zeigler,DD 1984 Drumming behavior of twelve North American stonefly (Plecoptera) species: First descriptions in Peltoperlidae, Taeniopterygidae and Chloroperlidae. Aquatic Insects. 6(1) 49 - 61. Abstract

Ziegler,DD and Stewart,KW 1977 Drumming behavior of eleven Nearctic stonefly (Plecoptera) species Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 70(4)495-505.


epiproct

subgenital plate

Wendy Brown 2004 Plecoptera of Gunnison County, Colorado
www.gunnisoninsects.org