Comprehensive Description
provided by Memoirs of the American Entomological Society
Neoperla osage Stark and Lentz Neoperla osage Stark and Lentz (1988).
Type locality. — Arkansas, Washington County, Devils Den State Park.
Regional distribution. — Watersheds 2-4, 14, 17, 18, 23, 28, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39, 44-46, 48, 49, 52, 55, 56, 61, 81, 83, 85, 87-89, 95, 96, 99, 102, 103, 108, 1 10, 1 1 1, 121-125 (Table 1).
The first description of the nymph is given here:
NYMPH: (Fig. 242). General color pale yellow with red-brown pigmentation. Transverse band between antennal bases wide, posterior margin lighter and near anterior margin of eyes. Ocellar pigmentation extends laterally along occipital ridge, and posteriorly to margin of head. Pronotum with brown ring, lateral and posterior margins pale.
- bibliographic citation
- Poulton, B.C., Stewart, K.W. 1991. The Stoneflies of the Ozark and Ouachita mountains (Plecoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 38. Philadelphia, USA
