Illinois Natural History
Survey
Plecoptera Collection
Sites
of Northwestern
Illinois
Below is a list of all Plecoptera (stoneflies) that are known to occur in Illinois. Hyperlinked names are northwestern Illinois Plecoptera species collected and deposited in the INHS scientific collections. By following the hyperlinks, you will find a locality map of these collections. Localities are based on specimen label information. Localities are mapped as close to the actual collection sight as allowed by the label information.
Illinois Plecoptera:
Capniidae
Allocapnia forbesi Frison 1929
Allocapnia
granulata (Claassen 1924)
Allocapnia illinoensis Frison 1935
Allocapnia mystica Frison
Allocapnia nivicola (Fitch 1847)
Allocapnia recta (Claassen 1924)
Allocapnia
rickeri Frison 1942
Allocapnia smithi Ross and Ricker 1971
Allocapnia
vivipara (Claassen 1924)
Nemocapnia carolina Banks 1938
Paracapnia angulata Hanson 1961
Leuctridae
Leuctra rickeri James 1976
Leuctra sibleyi Claasseni 1923
Leuctra tenuis (Pictet 1841)
Zealeuctra claasseni Frison 1929
Zealeuctra fraxina Ricker and Ross 1969
Zealeuctra narfi Ricker and Ross 1969
Nemouridae
Amphinemura
delosa Ricker 1952
Amphinemura nigritta Provancher 1876
Amphinemura
varshava Ricker 1952
Nemoura
trispinosa Claassen 1923
Prostoia completa (Walker 1852)
Shipsa
rotunda (Claassen 1923)
Soyedina vallicularia (Wu 1923)
Taeniopterygidae
Strophopteryx
fasciata (Burmeister 1839)
Taeniopteryx
burksi Ricker and Ross 1968
Taeniopteryx lita Frison 1942
Taeniopteryx metequi Ross and Ricker 1968
Taeniopteryx
nivalis (Fitch 1847)
Taeniopteryx
parvula Banks 1918
Chloroperlidae
Alloperla caudata Frison 1934
Alloperla
roberti Surdick 1981
Haploperla brevis (Banks 1895)
Perlidae
Acroneuria
abnormis (Newman 1838)
Acroneuria evoluta Klapálek 1909
Acroneuria filicis Frison 1942
Acroneuria frisoni Stark and Brown 1991
Acroneuria internata (Walker 1852)
Acroneuria perplexa Frison 1937
Agnetina
capitata (Pictet 1841)
Agnetina flavescens (Walsh 1862)
Attaneuria ruralis (Hagen 1861)
Neoperla
clymene (Newman 1839)
Neoperla
osage Stark and Lentz 1988
Perlesta
decipiens (Walsh 1862)
Paragnetina kansensis (Banks 1905)
Paragnetina
media (Walker 1852)
Perlinella
drymo (Newman 1839)
Perlinella
ephyre (Newman 1839)
Perlodidae
Clioperla
clio (Newman 1839)
Hydroperla
crosbyi (Needham and Claassen 1925)
Hydroperla
fugitans (Needham and Claassen 1925)
Isogenoides
varians (Walsh 1862)
Isoperla
bilineata (Say 1823)
Isoperla burksi Frison 1942
Isoperla
conspicua Frison 1935
Isoperla decepta Frison 1935
Isoperla longiseta Banks 1906
Isoperla
marlynia Needham and Claassen 1925
Isoperla mohri Frison 1935
Isoperla
richardsoni Frison 1935
Pteronarcyidae
Pteronarcys pictetii Hagen 1873