Alloperla lenati Kondratieff & Kirchner, 2004

Willett, Michele R. & Stark, Bill P., 2009, The Alloperla Leonarda Group Of Eastern North America, With Sem Images Of Four Out-Group Species (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae), Illiesia 5 (11), pp. 108-127 : 109

Alloperla lenati Kondratieff & Kirchner

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Alloperla lenati Kondratieff & Kirchner, 2004:361 .

Holotype ♂ (United States National Museum), Lumber River , Hwy 401, Hoke/Scotland Co. line, North Carolina

Material examined. NC: Harnett Co., Little River , Hwy 217, SW of Irwin, 3 May 2005, B.C. Kondratieff, R.F. Kirchner, R.E. Zuellig, D.R. Lenat, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ ( CSU) .

Epiproct. Length from base to apical fork, ca. 134 μm. Greatest pre-apical width, ca. 28 μm; apical width, ca. 49 μm. Cowl reaching ca. apical tenth of epiproct tip ( Figs. 7-8 ). Dorsum of epiproct bare near apex but sparsely setose over most of length ( Figs. 8, 10, 12 ); subapical area of epiproct bearing lateral rows of long, ventrolaterally directed setae ( Figs. 8-9, 10-11 ). Dorsal aspect of epiproct narrowed beyond basal fusion point with cowl, and more subtly narrowed near base of ventrolateral setal row. Apex forked, arms of fork curved slightly ventrad in lateral and frontal aspects ( Figs. 10-11 ).

Figures

Figs. 7-12. Alloperla lenati epiproct structures, Little River, Harnett Co., NC. 7. Male terminalia, dorsal aspect. 8. Epiproct and cowl, dorsal aspect. 9. Apical half of epiproct, dorsal aspect. 10. Epiproct apex, dorsolateral aspect. 11. Epiproct apex, frontal aspect 12. Detail of basal epiproct surface.