Alloperla leonarda Ricker, 1952

Grubbs, Scott A., Pessino, Massimo & DeWalt, R. Edward, 2012, Michigan Plecoptera (Stoneflies): Distribution Patterns And An Updated Species List, Illiesia 8 (18), pp. 162-173 : 169-170

publication ID	654BDB9E-22CE-4D73-B063-56B02DD855F7
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scientific name	Alloperla leonarda Ricker
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Alloperla leonarda Ricker

Collection records. USA, Michigan: Houghton Co., North Branch Otter River, T52 N, R35 W, Sec 25, 46.8741, -88.6863, 2.VI.1949, J.W. Leonard and F.A GoogleMaps .

Leonard, ♂ (INHS); same but 18.VI .1949 , 4♀ (CNC, INHS); same but 28.VI .1949 GoogleMaps , 26♀ (CNC); Ontonagon Co., Middle Branch Escanaba River GoogleMaps , 4.6 km SSE Rockland at US-45, 46.6993, -89.1594, 29.V.2010, R. E. DeWalt, M. Pessino, M.M. Brown, and E.W. Hernandez, ♂ ( INHS) .

Comments. This species has been reported from Atlantic Canada east to Minnesota with also an unusual glacial relictual population in southern Missouri ( Poulton & Stewart 1991, Surdick 2004, DeWalt et al. 2012a). Two locality records exist for Michigan, both in the western portion of the Upper Peninsula that includes a small series that was recently collected.

References

Poulton, B. C. & K. W. Stewart. 1991. The stoneflies of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains (Plecoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 38: 1 - 116.

Surdick, R. F. 2004. Chloroperlidae (The Sallflies). Pages 1 - 60. In B. P. Stark & B. J. Armitage, editors. The Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Eastern North America. Volume II. Chloroperlidae, Perlidae, and Perlodidae (Perlodinae). Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey, New Series Volume 14, Columbus, Ohio. 192 pp.