Strophopteryx fasciata (Burmeister)

Stark, Bill P. & Hicks, Matthew B., 2009, The Taeniopterygidae Of Mississippi (Insecta: Plecoptera), Illiesia 5 (9), pp. 85-98 : 87-88

Strophopteryx fasciata (Burmeister)

( Figs. 1 , 8-9 )

Semblis fasciata Burmeister, 1839:875 . Holotype ♂ (Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Genève), Pennsylvania Taeniopteryx frigida Hagen, 1861:35 . Syn. Needham & Claassen, 1925

Strophopteryx fasciata: Illies, 1966:67 .

Strophopteryx fasciata: Stewart, 2000:61 .

Material examined. Mississippi: Itawamba Co., Bull Mountain Creek, Cotton Gin Rd, 3 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♀ . Hurricane Creek, Cotton Gin Rd , 3 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂ . Lauderdale Co., Chunky River, Dunn’s Falls , 7 January 1978, B. Stark, M. Stegall, 2 larvae . Tallahatta Creek , I-20, 7 January 1978, B. Stark, M. Stegall, 5 larvae . Same site, 17 February 1979, B. Stark, 3 reared ♀, 1 larva . Same site, 28 January 1989, B. Stark, T. Moore, J. Parham, W. Bell, C. Royston, 10 larvae . Monroe Co., Buttahatchie River, Buttahatchie Rd , 2 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ . Buttahatchie River, Caledonia Rd , 2 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂ . Newton Co., Chunky River , I-20, 17 February 1979, B. Stark, 1 reared ♀ . Tallahatta Creek, Dean Rd , 22 January 2000, B. Stark, 1 ♀ . Same site, 18 January 2003, B. Stark, 6 larvae . Same site, 7 February 2009, 1 reared ♂, 1 ♀, 20 larvae . Tishomingo Co., Bear Creek, Tishomingo State Park , 30 December 1991, B. Stark, 4 larvae . Clear Creek, 4 mi E Iuka, Hwy 172, 5 February 1977, B. Stark, 2 larvae .

Remarks. Stark (1979) reported this species from Mississippi for the first time, listing records from two sites in Lauderdale Co., and one each in Newton and Tishomingo counties. No additional reports have subsequently been published although a few new sites in these same counties were discovered. Recent collections from Itawamba and Monroe counties include the first records from four new sites. The known distribution is along the Alabama-Mississippi border from Tishomingo Co. in the northeast to Lauderdale and Newton counties in the east central part of the state ( Fig. 1 ). Figs. 8-9 show the male and female genitalic structures.

Figures

Fig. 1. Distribution of Strophopteryx fasciata in Mississippi.

Figs. 8-12. Taeniopterygid structures. 8-9. Strophopteryx fasciata. 8. Male terminalia, lateral aspect. 9. Female terminalia, ventral aspect. 10-12. Taeniopteryx maura. 10. Male terminalia, ventral aspect. 11. Female terminalia, ventral aspect. 12. Male hind femur. (Ep = epiproct, Ce = cercus, Vs = vesicle, St9 = sternum 9, St8 = sternum 8)