Isoperla montana (Banks, 1898)

Montane Stripetail

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Chloroperla montana Banks, 1898:199 .

Holotype ♂ (MCZC), Mount Washington, (Coos Co.), New Hampshire

Isoperla montana: Banks 1906:175 .

Isoperla montana: Illies 1966:410 .

Isoperla montana: Zwick 1973:247, 293.

Isoperla montana: Szczytko & Kondratieff 2015:155 .

Material examined. Alabama, Clay Co., tributary to Cheaha Creek, 33.4401, -85.8382, 8 April 2008, A.L. Sheldon, 1♀ (WKUC) ; Enitachopco Creek, 9 km ESE Millersville, 33.1600, -85.8351, 8 April 2010, S.A. Grubbs, 1♂, 2♀ (WKUC) ; Tallaseehatchie Creek, 13 km ENE Sylacauga, 33.2058, -86.1194, 8 April 2010, S.A. Grubbs, 1♀ (WKUC) ; tributary to Tallaseehatchie Creek, 33.1912, -86.1018, 9 April 2012, A.L. Sheldon, 1♀ (WKUC) ; same but 18 May 2012, A.L. Sheldon, 2♀ (WKUC); Mill Shoals Creek, 33.4197, -85.8071, 11 April 2012, A.L. Sheldon, 1♀ (WKUC) ; tributary to Tallaseehatchie Creek, 33.1858, -86.0989, 18 May 2012, A.L. Sheldon, 1♀ (WKUC) ; tributary to Tallaseehatchie Creek, 33.1864, -86.0982, 18 May 2012, A.L. Sheldon, 1♀ (WKUC) ; Cleburne Co., Shoal Creek, 33.7249, -85.6007, 9 April 2008, A.L. Sheldon, 1♂ (WKUC) ; tributary to Shoal Creek, 33.7255, -85.6008, 13 April 2012, S.A. Grubbs, 1♀ (WKUC) ; Talladega Co., Dry Creek, 33.3715, -86.0926, 7 April 2008, A.L. Sheldon, 2♂, 2♀ (WKUC) .

Distribution. Canada: NS, ON, PQ. USA: CT, DE, IN, KY, ME, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, VA, WV (DeWalt et al. 2016), AL (new state record).

Comments. Isoperla montana is distributed broadly along the Appalachian Mountains west to Indiana and Minnesota (Szczytko & Kondratieff 2015). The Talladega Mountain region in eastern Alabama marks the known southern limit of the distribution of this common species.