A review of the Nearctic genus Prostoia (Ricker) (Plecoptera, Nemouridae), with the description of a new species and a surprising range extension for P. hallasi Kondratieff & Kirchner

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The Nearctic genus Prostoia (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) is reviewed. Prostoia ozarkensis sp. n. is described from the male and female adult stages mainly from the Interior Highland region encompassing portions of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Prostoia ozarkensis sp. n. appears most closely related to two species, one distributed broadly across the western Nearctic region, P. besametsa (Ricker), and one found widely throughout the central and eastern Nearctic regions, P. completa (Walker). A surprising range extension is noted for P. hallasi Kondratieff & Kirchner, a species once known only from the Great Dismal Swamp, from small upland streams in southern Illinois. Additional new state records are documented for P. besametsa, P. completa, P. hallasi and P. similis (Hagen). Taxonomic keys to Prostoia males and females are provided, and scanning electron micrographs of adult genitalia of all species are given.

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NOTE: We have an Excel workbook of location/collect data from the U.S. and Canada that was presumably used in writing this article. At least many are likely museum records and, though geographic coordinates are provided, accuracy is variable (and coded for precision and/or method). Two points are from southeastern Idaho, for Prostoia besametsa, one in 1955 and one in 1985.

Suggested citation: Citation: Grubbs SA, Baumann RW, DeWalt ER, Tweddale T (2014) A review of the Nearctic genus Prostoia (Ricker) (Plecoptera, Nemouridae), with the description of a new species and a surprising range extension for P. hallasi Kondratieff & Kirchner. ZooKeys 401: 11–30. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.401.7299