Taeniopteryx maura (Pictet)

Stark, Bill P. & Hicks, Matthew B., 2009, The Taeniopterygidae Of Mississippi (Insecta: Plecoptera), Illiesia 5 (9), pp. 85-98 : 93-95

Taeniopteryx maura (Pictet)

( Figs. 5 , 10-12 , 18 )

Nemoura (Taeniopteryx) maura Pictet, 1841:361 .

Holotype ♀ (Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin), Pennsylvania

Taeniopteryx maura: Ricker & Ross, 1968:1429 .

Taeniopteryx maura: Stewart, 2000:64 .

Material examined. Mississippi: Alcorn Co., Mays Creek, 6 mi S Corinth, Hwy 45, 5 February 1977, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 10 larvae. Tuscumbia River Canal, Hwy 2, 2 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂, 4 ♀. Benton Co. , Shelby Creek , Hwy 4, 23 December 2006, B. Stark, 2 ♂. Choctaw Co. , Tributary Yockanookanay River , Hwy 12, Ackerman, 5 January 2008, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Clay Co. , Standing Reed Creek , Hwy 46, 5 January 2008, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Itawamba Co. , Tombigbee River , Hwy 78, 10 February 1979, B. Stark, P. Hartfield, C. Cooper, 1 ♂. Tributary Gum Creek , Hwy 25, 2 mi NE Fulton, 10 February 1979, B. Stark, P. Hartfield, C. Cooper, 2 larvae. Jasper Co. , Souinlovey Creek , CR 31, 22 January 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 4 ♀. Lafayette Co. , Oxford , date unknown, P. Lago, 1 ♂ (University of Mississippi). 6 mi NW Oxford, date unknown, P. Lago, 1 ♂ (University of Mississippi). Lee Creek , CR 296, 1 January 2008, M.B. Hicks, 2 ♂. tributary Toby Tubby Creek , 1 January 2008, 1 ♂. Lauderdale Co. , Tallahatta Creek , I-20, 15 January 1977, B. Stark, L. Temple, 2 ♀. Same site, 7 January 1978, B. Stark, M. Stegall, 1 ♂. Same site, 12 January 1979, B. Stark, P. Hartfield, 1 ♂. Cow Creek , I-20, 12 January 1979, B. Stark, P. Hartfield, 1 ♂. Chunky River , Dunn’s Falls , 7 January 1978, B. Stark, M. Stegall, 1 ♂. Leake Co. , Bibalucta Creek , Salem Rd, 28 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 4 ♂, 3 ♀. Bibalucta Creek , Mars Hill Rd, 7 January 2008, B. Stark, 2 ♀. Lobucha Creek , Hwy 25, 20 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, M. Howarter, 3 ♂. Yockanookanay River , 1 mi W Saint Ann, 22 January 1996, B. Stark, R. Godwin, 3 ♂. Marshall Co. , Potts Camp, 17 February 1941, T. H. Frison, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (Illinois Natural History Survey). Monroe Co. , Weaver Creek , Old Golf Course Rd, 2 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♀. Halfway Creek , Old Hwy 75, 2 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Sipsey Creek , Sipsey Fork Rd, 21 January 2008, B. Stark, 1 ♂. Neshoba Co. , Spring Creek , Hwy 21, 28 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 2 ♂. Owl Creek , Hwy 491, 28 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 3 ♂, 1 ♀. Lukfapa Creek , River Rd , 28 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 3 ♂, 4 ♀. Newton Co. , tributary to Potterchitto Creek , 17 January 1998, J.W. Kyzar, 1 ♀. Tonacana Creek , I-20, 7 January 1978, B. Stark, M. Stegall, 1 ♂. Chunky River , I-20, 7 January 1978, B. Stark, M. Stegall, 1 ♀. Same site 17 February 1979, B. Stark, 2 ♂, 3 ♀. Chunky River , Hwy 80, 15 January 1977, B. Stark, L. Temple, 1 ♂. Oktibbeha Co. , Trim Cane Creek , Old West Point Rd , 5 January 2008, B. Stark, 1 ♀. Prentiss Co. , Big Rock Hollow, CR 1341, 4 January 2000, B. Stark, M.H. Alford, 1 ♂ . Donivan Creek , Hwy 366, 4 January 2008, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♀ . Donivan Creek , Hwy 36, 11 February 2008, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♀ . Big Brown Creek , Hwy 30, 12 February 2008, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♀ . Casey Creek , Hwy 366, 3 February 2009, M.B. Hicks, D.E. Burt, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ . Rankin Co., Campbell Creek , Spring Water Ranch Rd, 29 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♀ . Simpson Co., Dabbs Creek , 1 mi N D’Lo, 21 February 1977, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ . Same site, 16 February 1978, B. Stark 3 ♀ . Smith Co., Ichusa Creek , Boyte Rd, 1 February 2003, B. Stark, 1 ♀ . Tippah Co., Little Hatchie River , Hwy 4, 23 December 2006, B. Stark, 4 ♂, 2 ♀, 2 larvae . Hatchie River , Hwy 4, 5 February 1977, B. Stark, 1 larva . Tishomingo Co., Clear Creek , Hwy 172, 4 mi E Iuka, 5 February 1977, B. Stark, 3 larvae . tributary Little Cripple Deer Creek , CR 957, 4 January 2000, B. Stark, M.H. Alford, 1 ♂ . Little Cripple Deer Creek , CR 957, 4 January 2000, B. Stark, M.H. Alford, 1 ♂ . Union Co., King Creek , Hwy 15, 5 February 1977, B. Stark, 6 larvae . Mill Creek , Hwy 349, 4 January 2008, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♀ . Winston Co., Noxapater Creek , Hwy 25, 27 December 2006, M.B. Hicks, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ . Yalobusha Co., Tributary Skuna River Canal , W Benwood, Hwy 330, 22 December 2006, B. Stark, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ . York Creek , Hwy 330, 22 December 2006, B. Stark, 1 ♂ . Turkey Creek , Hwy 330, 22 December 2006, B. Stark, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ .

Remarks. Ricker & Ross (1968) first reported T. maura in Mississippi based on adult males and females collected from Potts Camp, Marshall Co. by T.H. Frison. Stark (1979) presented records from ten counties including Alcorn, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Marshall, Newton, Simpson, Tippah, Tishomingo and Union. The present study presents additional records from Clay, Jasper, Leake, Monroe, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Rankin, Winston and Yalobusha counties. Distribution within the state extends from the Tennessee border counties southward to Rankin, Simpson, and Lauderdale counties ( Fig. 5 ). Figs. 10-11 , 18 show the male and female genital structures and Fig. 12 shows the distinctive male hind femur for this species.

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Fig. 5. Distribution of Taeniopteryx maura 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)

Figs. 13-19. Taeniopteryx male structures. 13. T. burksi male paraproct, ventral. 14. T. lita male terminalia, dorsal. 15. T. lita male paraproct, ventral. 16. T. lonicera male terminalia, dorsal. 17. T. lonicera male paraproct, ventral. 18. T. maura male paraproct, ventral. 19. T. parvula male paraproct, ventral. (Pp = paraproct)