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species Leuctra variabilis Hanson, 1941

• Common name(s):  Variable Needlefly
• Distribution:
  •  
   USA: KY, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, VA, VT.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (12):
  • Hanson. 1941. Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc. 36(2):62   >> Leuctra variabilis    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4446
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:111 >> Leuctra variabilis
  • Kondratieff & Voshell Jr. 1979. Ent. News 90(5):245 >> Note: New state record. >> Leuctra variabilis
  • Kondratieff & Kirchner. 1987. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 89(1):27   >> Leuctra variabilis
  • Grubbs. 1997. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 123(1/2):75   >> Leuctra (tenuis) variabilis
  • Grubbs. 2003. Ent. News 114(1):52   >> Leuctra variabilis
  • Earle. 2009. Ent. News 120(2):157-170   >> Leuctra variabilis
  • Myers, Kondratieff, Mihuc & Ruiter. 2011. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 137(1+2):68, 86   >> Leuctra variabilis
  • Tarter, Chaffee, Grubbs & DeWalt. 2015. Illiesia 11(13):170   >> Note: New or confirmed record: KY. >> Leuctra (tenuis) variabilis
  • Kondratieff, Verdone & Roble. 2017. Perla 35:25   >> Leuctra variabilis
  • Grubbs. 2018. Illiesia 14(4):76   >> Leuctra variabilis
  • Hogan & Grubbs. 2022. Ecologies 3:400 >> Leuctra (tenuis) variabilis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., Massachusetts, Franklin County, Paradise Trail, Sunderland: Mass.
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  USNM Smithsonian

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