Perlesta cinctipes (Banks)

DeWalt, R. Edward & Grubbs, Scott A., 2011, Updates To The Stonefly Fauna Of Illinois And Indiana, Illiesia 7 (3), pp. 31-50 : 40

Perlesta cinctipes (Banks) .

Stark (2004) presented the distribution of this species as from Nebraska and Kansas east to West Virginia. DeWalt et al. (2001) reported a single female from western Illinois having the distinctive egg chorion reported in Stark (1989), Recently, Stark (2004) reported specimens from southern Ohio. Grubbs (2004) lists this species as extralimital to Indiana, suggesting that it could eventually be collected from the state. We are not convinced that Stark’s (2004) records for Ohio are correct. There appears to be at least one additional species from the region resembling P. cinctipes that possesses similar dark coloration and paraprocts. We have yet to collect females with the unique egg chorion of P. cinctipes and Stark (2004) did not report females in his Ohio series. All the females collected in association with our specimens have the subgenital plate and egg chorion similar to P. adena .

We present several records of a second dark winged, dark bodied species found in Indiana. IL, Jackson Co. 6/1/1955, ♂ ( SIUC) ; IN, Harrison Co., Big Blue River , White Cloud , [38.23464, -86.22716], 5/25/1949, W.E. Ricker, ♂ ( CNC) ; Jackson Co., Little Salt Creek , Houston , Hoosier National Forest , 39.0342, -86.16788, 6/22/2008, R.E. DeWalt, ♂ ( INHS) .