Zealeuctra fraxina Ricker & Ross 1969

Zealeuctra fraxina Ricker and Ross Zealeuctra fraxina Ricker and Ross (1969).
Type locality. — Kentucky, Breckenridge County, Hardinsburg.
Regional distribution. — IL: Pope Co., Gibbons Cr., Herod, 6-III-28, 1M, T.H. Frison, H.H. Ross.

Male - abdominal tergal cleft. Anterior portion wide and very broadly U-shaped, posterior portion also broadly rounded and bearing a slightly-concave serrated medial projection (Fig. 4A). Crenulations absent from inner margins of cleft. Male - epiproct. Triangular base narrowing somewhat to an anteriorly-recurved and tapering terminal spine; a small accessory posterior spine is present but manifested only as a cusp-like projection on some specimens (Fig. 4B). Female - 7th sternum. Seventh sternum with a large, convex lobe nested in a distinct, central notch. The notch is bordered laterally by large, convex “shoulders” (Fig. 4C).

USA: AL (Grubbs 2006), IL, IN, KY, NJ, OH, PA, TN, WV (DeWalt et al. 2012), VA (new state record)