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species Perlesta nitida Banks, 1948

• Common name(s):  Tiny Stone
• Links:
  • MCZ Type Database
• Distribution:
  •  USA: CT, FL, IN, KY, MA, PA.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Predators
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (8):
  • Banks. 1948. Psyche 55(3):115   >> Perlesta placida nitida    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:1246
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:347, 348 >> Perlesta placida
  • Stark. 1989. Entomol. Scand. 20(3):275   >> Note: Removed from synonymy. Placed in Perlesta placida species complex. >> Perlesta nitida    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:1245
  • Grubbs & Stark. 2001. Aquatic Insects 23(2):119-122   >> Perlesta nitida
  • Stark. 2004. In Stark & Armitage. The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of eastern North America. Volume II. Chloroperlidae, Perlidae, Perlodidae (Perlodinae). Ohio Biol. Surv. Bull. New Ser. 14(4):94 >> Perlesta nitida
  • Grubbs. 2004. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 106(4):872   >> Perlesta nitida
  • Tarter, Chaffee & Grubbs. 2006. Ent. News 117(1):8 >> Perlesta nitida
  • DeWalt & Grubbs. 2011. Illiesia 7(3):41   >> Perlesta (placida) nitida
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Holliston.
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  MCZ Museum of Comparative Zoology

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