Maine Biota Project

Stoneflies of Mount Desert Island

(Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Hexapoda, Order Plecoptera)


Stoneflies of Maine

Stoneflies of Mount Desert Island


Below is a working list of Mount Desert Island’s stoneflies.
Suborder Family (Subfamily) Genus Species Authority Common Name Source (full citation given below this table)
? Capniidae (Capniinae)
[see note 2 below]		 Capnura venosa (Banks) ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Witch Hole Brook", "Bubble Pond")
Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Long Pond" [see note 1 below], "Seal Harbor Brook")
[see note 4 below]
? Chloroperlidae (Chloroperlinae)
[see note 3 below]		 Alloperla imbecilla (Say) ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Breakneck Br[ook].", "Duck Br[ook].")
Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Sea Wall Bog")
[see note 4 below]
? Chloroperlidae (Chloroperlinae) Alloperla pallidula (Banks) ? town not given: Procter (1946, p. 54.)
[see note 5 below]
? Chloroperlidae (Chloroperlinae) Suwallia marginata (Banks) York Sallfly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Breakneck Br[ook].") as Alloperla marginata
? Chloroperlidae (Chloroperlinae) Sweltsa lateralis (Banks) Curved Sallfly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Breakneck Br[ook].", "Canyon Brook" [now called Canon Brook])
as Alloperla lateralis
Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Valley Cove") as Chloroperla lateralis
? Chloroperlidae (Chloroperlinae) Sweltsa mediana (Banks) Carolina Sallfly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Breakneck Brook", "Canyon Brook" [now called Canon Brook]) as Alloperla mediana
Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Echo Lake") as Alloperla mediana
[see note 4 below]
? Leuctridae (Leuctrinae)
[see note 2 below]		 Leuctra decepta Claassen ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Bubble Pond", "Breakneck Brook", "Canyon Brook" [now called Canon Brook])
Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Valley Cove")
[see note 5 below]
? Leuctridae (Leuctrinae)
[see note 2 below]		 Leuctra duplicata Claassen Atlantic Needlefly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Duck Brook", "Bubble Pond", "Canyon Brook" [now called Canon Brook])
? Leuctridae (Leuctrinae)
[see note 2 below]		 Leuctra grandis Banks Grand Needlefly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Breakneck Brook", "Duck Brook")
? Leuctridae (Leuctrinae)
[see note 2 below]		 Leuctra tenuis (Pictet) Narrow-lobed Needlefly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Duck Brook")
? Leuctridae (Leuctrinae)
[see note 2 below]		 Leuctra truncata Claassen Truncate Needlefly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Duck Brook")
? Nemouridae Nemoura punctipennis Claassen ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Canyon Brook" [now called Canon Brook])
Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Valley Cove")
[see note 5 below]
? Nemouridae Nemoura serrata Claassen ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55.)
[If this is a synonym for Alloperla serrata, see note 4 below.]
? Nemouridae Nemoura sinuata Wu. ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Breakneck Brook", "Canyon Brook" [now called Canon Brook])
[see note 5 below]
? Nemouridae (Nemourinae) Ostrocerca prolongata (Claassen) Bent Forestfly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Canyon Brook" [now called Canon Brook]) as Nemoura prolongata
Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Valley Cove") as Nemoura prolongata
? Nemouridae (Nemourinae) Prostoia completa (Walker) Central Forestfly town?: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Record lost") as Nemoura completa
? Perlidae Chloroperla cydippe (Banks) ? Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Duck Br[ook].")
Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Echo Lake")
[see note 5 below]
? Perlidae (Acroneuriinae) Acroneuria abnormis (Newman) Common Stonefly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Corfield")
? Perlidae (Acroneuriinae) Acroneuria lycorias (Newman) Boreal Stonefly Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Long Pond" [see note 1 below])
? Perlidae (Acroneuriinae) Acroneuria pennsylvanica (Rambur) ? town?: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Record of capture lost")
[see note 5 below]
? Perlidae (Acroneuriinae) Perlinella drymo (Newman) Striped Stonefly Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Jordan Pond")
? Perlidae (Perlinae) Paragnetina immarginata (Say) Beautiful Stonefly Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Duck Brook") as Perla immarginata
? Perlidae (Perlinae) Paragnetina media (Walker) Embossed Stonefly Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Long Pond" [see note 1 below]) as Perla media
? Perlodidae (Isoperlinae) Isoperla bilineata (Say) Two-lined Stripetail Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Duck Brook", "Breakneck Brook")
? Perlodidae (Isoperlinae) Isoperla montana (Banks) Montane Stripetail Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 54., "Duck Brook", "Breakneck Brook")
? Taeniopterygidae (Brachypteryinae)
[see note 2 below]		 Strophopteryx fasciata (Burmeister) Mottled Willowfly town?: Procter (1946, p. 55., "Record of capture lost")


Notes:
1. On the map in the book, only what is now known as Little Long Pond (in Seal Harbor, town of Mount Desert) was labeled "Long Pond". The other pond known today as Long Pond (towns of Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor) was labeled "Great Pond".
2. Proctor (1946) placed this species in family Nemouridae.
3. Proctor (1946) placed this species in family Perlidae.
4. This report appears to be well out of the species' range.
5. Nomenclature needs further examination.

Source:
Procter, William. 1946. Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Part VII. Philadelphia: Wistar Institute.