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species Prostoia similis (Hagen, 1861)

• Common name(s):  Longhorn Forestfly
• Distribution:
  •  
   Canada: ON, PQ. USA: CT, DE, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (24):
  • Hagen. 1861. Smith. Misc. Coll. 34   >> Taeniopteryx similis    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6095
  • Needham & Claassen. 1925. The Thomas Say Foundation II:214   >> Note: Illustrated female terminalia. >> Nemoura similis    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:516825
  • Ricker. 1952. Ind.Univ.Pub.Sci.Ser. 18:49 >> Nemoura (Prostoia) similis
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:221 >> Prostoia similis    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:6094
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:346 >> Prostoia similis
  • Narf & Hilsenhoff. 1974. The Great Lakes Entomologist 7:123 >> Prostoia similis
  • Baumann. 1975. Smithson.Contrib.Zool. 211:27   >> Prostoia similis
  • Shapas & Hilsenhoff. 1976. The Great Lakes Entomologist 9(4):177-179 >> Prostoia similis
  • Bednarik & McCafferty. 1977. The Great Lakes Entomologist 10(4):224   >> Prostoia similis
  • Neves, R. J. 1978. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 86(3):146   >> Prostoia similis
  • Kondratieff & Voshell Jr. 1979. Ent. News 90(5):245 >> Prostoia similis
  • Tarter & Kirchner. 1980. Ent. News 91(2):50   >> Prostoia similis
  • Kondratieff & Kirchner. 1987. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 89(1):27   >> Prostoia similis
  • Grubbs. 2004. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 106(4):869   >> Prostoia similis
  • Tarter, Chaffee & Grubbs. 2006. Ent. News 117(1):4 >> Prostoia similis
  • DeWalt & Grubbs. 2011. Illiesia 7(3):39   >> Note: New record: IL. >> Prostoia similis
  • Myers, Kondratieff, Mihuc & Ruiter. 2011. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 137(1+2):68, 88   >> Prostoia similis
  • Grubbs, Pessino & DeWalt. 2012. Illiesia 8:165 >> Prostoia similis
  • DeWalt, Y. Cao, Tweddale, Grubbs, Hinz, Pessino & J. L. Robinson. 2012. ZooKeys 178:8   >> Prostoia similis
  • Grubbs, Baumann, DeWalt & Tweddale. 2014. ZooKeys 401:25   >> Prostoia similis
  • DeWalt & E. D. Snyder. 2017. Illiesia 13(6):73   >> Prostoia similis
  • Kondratieff, Verdone & Roble. 2017. Perla 35:25   >> Prostoia similis
  • Grubbs. 2018. Illiesia 14(4):77   >> Prostoia similis
  • Hogan & Grubbs. 2022. Ecologies 3:400 >> Prostoia similis
• Scrutiny:
  • Hallan, 2006, Illies 1966
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female

• synonym divergens (Claassen, 1923)

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