Podmosta macdunnoughi (Ricker 1947)
- Dataset
- The Nemourinae (Insecta, Nemouridae) of the eastern Nearctic
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Plecoptera
- family
- Nemouridae
- genus
- Podmosta
- species
- Podmosta macdunnoughi
description
Male. Macropterous. Body length 4.0 – 4.8 mm, forewing length 4.7 – 4.9 mm (n = 3). Gills absent. Cerci simple and unmodified (Figs. 55 ‒ 56). Paraprocts undivided as a lightly sclerotized triangular lobe. Epiproct short and complex, anteriorly-recurved fully over abdomen (Figs. 55 ‒ 57); dorsal sclerite broadly rounded basally (Figs. 56 ‒ 58), extending anteriorly as paired lobes sparsely covered by small spinules (Figs. 56 ‒ 58) and dorsally as short bifurcated lateral arms (Figs. 57 ‒ 58); ventral sclerite narrow basally, laterally expanded in apical ½, overall t-shaped anteriorly, medially concave (Figs. 56 ‒ 57). Female. Macropterous. Body length 5.4 – 6.5 mm, forewing length 4.8 – 5.9 mm (n = 6). Gills absent. Cerci simple and unmodified (Figs. 59 ‒ 60). Subgenital plate of 8 th tergum scarcely extending over anterior margin of 9 th tergum, with a dark sclerotized medial band that is apically concave (Figs. 59 ‒ 60). The 7 th sternum is membranous and barely produced over the anterior margin of the 8 th tergum (Figs. 59 ‒ 60). Larva. Described by Harper & Hynes (1971). Ricker (1947) also provided a partial illustration.
description
http: // lsid. speciesfile. org / urn: lsid: Plecoptera. speciesfile. org: TaxonName: 6113 (Figs. 4, 55 ‒ 60)
discussion
Comments. Podmosta macdunnoughi is the only species of this Holarctic genus distributed in eastern North America (DeWalt et al. 2022).
distribution
Distribution. Canada: LB, NB, NF, NS, PE, PQ. USA: ME, MN, NY (DeWalt et al. 2022)
vernacular_names
Maritime Forestfly