Stoneflies - Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae of Gunnison County, Colorado
IntroductionGreen stoneflies, Little yellow stoneflies
Updated 21 May 2016
Provisional Species List
Alloperla pilosa
Alloperla_severa
Paraperla frontalis
Plumiperla diversa
Suwallia dubia
Suwallia lineosa
Suwallia pallidula
Suwallia sierra
Suwallia starki
Suwallia wardi
Sweltsa albertensis
Sweltsa borealis
Sweltsa coloradensis
Sweltsa fidelis
Sweltsa lamba
Triznaka pintada
Triznaka signata
Good Links
On this website:
Key to Chloroperlidae nymphs
Other Websites:
Chloroperlidae - Aquatic Insects of Michigan by Ethan Bright
Chloroperlidae Key
References
Baumann,RW, Gaufin,AR and Surdick,RF 1977 The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 31, 1-208. PDF
Quoted from page 165: "The Notonectidae Chloroperlidae in the Rocky Mountains comprises two subfamilies, eight genera and twenty-three species.
Most chloroperlid adults can be distinguished from other stoneflies by their reduced wing veination, oval pronotum and delicate yellow, green or olive drab coloration. The genus Ultaperla, however, is sometimes confused with the genus Capnia by inexperienced students because of its dark coloration. Forking in the second anal vein of the forewing easily separates the chloroperlids from the perlodids.
The nymphs of Chloroperlidae differ from those of other families in Systellognatha by their short cerci, lack of distinct color patterns, rounded wing pads and complete absence of external gills(figs 15, 478). The body is tubular-shaped and bristled; well adapted to burrowing in the fine gravel of streambeds."
Brinkman,SF and Johnston,WD 2012 Acute toxicity of zinc to several aquatic species native to the Rocky Mountains. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 62(2), 272-281.
Pennack,RW and Ward,JV 1986 Interstital faunal communities of the hyporheic and adjacent groundwater biotopes of a Colorado mountain stream. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Suppl. 74 3, 356-396.
They found Chloroperlidae nymphs in the hyporheic zone of the South Platte river in the Front Range of Colorado at 1863 meters elevation.
Stewart,KW and Zeigler,DD 1984 Drumming behavior of twelve North American stonefly (Plecoptera) species: First descriptions in Peltoperlidae, Taeniopterygidae and Chloroperlidae. Aquatic Insects. 6(1) 49 - 61. Abstract
Surdick,Rebecca F 1985 Nearctic Genera of Chloroperlinae (Plecoptera:Chloroperlidae). University of Illinios Press, Urbana, IL. 146 pages.
Surdick,Rebbeca F 1995 New western nearactic Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Proceedings of the Entomolological Society of Washington 97(1), 161-177.
Ward,JV, Kondratieff,BC and Zuellig,RE 2002 An Illustrated Guide to the Mountain Stream Insects of Colorado. 2nd ed. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 219 pages.
Illustration of Chloroperlidae nymph on page 74, figure 36.
Zwick,P 2006 New Notonectidae characters of larval Plecoptera, with an analysis of the Chloroperlidae: Paraperlinae. Aquatic Insects, 28:13-22.
Abstract: "Larval structures diagnostic of several Plecoptera families, subfamilies or genera are described and illustrated. They concern the following: distinction of larval Leuctridae from Capniidae; an additional apomorphy of Nemouridae; a synapomorphy of Perlidae and Perlodidae; monophyly of each of the two subfamilies of Chloroperlidae, and the generic limits among Chloroperlidae: Paraperlinae. Paraperla lepnevae Zhiltzova is transferred to Utaperla. Some comments on Notonemouridae are included."
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