18. Soyedina kondratieffi Baumann & Grubbs, 1996

Southeastern Forestfly

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(Figs. 123–128)

Soyedina kondratieffi Baumann & Grubbs 1996:220 . Holotype male (United States National Museum), upper Ball Creek, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA

Soyedina kondratieffi Grubbs & Baumann, 2019:238

Distribution. USA: MD, NC, TN, VA (DeWalt et al. 2022)

Male. Macropterous. Body length 4.6–5.5 mm, forewing length 5.0– 7.3 mm (n = 6). Gills absent. Cerci simple and unmodified. Paraprocts with two lobes, inner lobes lightly sclerotized and inconspicuous, outer lobes sclerotized, in basal half only slight bulbous, slightly tapered apically to a distinct, anteriorly-directed spur (Fig. 127). Epiproct only slightly asymmetric, atypical for genus (Fig. 123); ventral sclerite partially recurved over abdomen, only slightly asymmetric, apically narrowly triangular (Fig. 123); dorsal sclerites also only slightly asymmetric, appearing scaly at higher magnifications (Figs. 124‒126); open apically, inner member heavily sclerotized, split apically into paired, concave inner epiproct members (Figs. 124, 126).

Female. Macropterous. Body length 5.7–6.5 mm, forewing length 7.8–8.4 mm (n = 9). Gills absent. Cerci simple and unmodified. Subgenital plate well-developed, subtriangular in shape; base broad, extending from posterior of seventh sternum entirely over eighth sternum and approximately ¼ over ninth sternum; terminating in broadly-rounded apex (Fig. 128).

Larva. Undescribed.

Comments. Soyedina kondratieffi is currently known from small, disjunct geographic areas in western Maryland, western North Carolina, east Tennessee, and southwestern Virginia (Grubbs & Baumann 2019).