Sweltsa palearata Surdick, 2004

Earle, Jane I., 2009, New State Stonefly (Plecoptera) Records For Pennsylvania, With Additional Records And Information On Rare Species, Illiesia 5 (16), pp. 169-181 : 173

Sweltsa palearata Surdick

New records: BEDFORD: (P) Fifteenmile Creek, Old Big Mountain Road, 14 May 1999, 7♂, 1♀; spring run to an unnamed tributary of Blues Gap Run, 0.8 km north of Elbinsville , 14 May 1999, 1♂. Both sites are 1 st order forested stream reaches. The spring run site is not delineated in blue on the 7.5 minute USGS topographic map and is likely dry in the summertime. One of several Sweltsa species whose ranges are limited to specific river basins, S. palearata reaches its northern limit in the main stem Potomac River basin of southcentral Pennsylvania. In West Virginia S. palearata is limited to the South Branch Potomac River tributaries, in Maryland to the main stem Potomac River tributaries, and in Virginia to the upper Potomac River basin and the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah River basin ( Surdick 2004).