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PLECOPTERA

PLECOPTERA. of Glacier National Park and the Flathead River Basin MONTANA. R.L. Newell, J.A. Stanford, R.W. Baumann. R.L.Newell, J.A. Stanford, R.W. Baumann. Dedication . We dedicate this paper to the memory of

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PLECOPTERA

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  1. PLECOPTERA of Glacier National Park and the Flathead River Basin MONTANA R.L. Newell, J.A. Stanford, R.W. Baumann R.L.Newell, J.A. Stanford, R.W. Baumann

  2. Dedication • We dedicate this paper to the memory of our friend, mentor, and teacher, the late Dr. Arden R. Gaufin.

  3. TOTAL FAUNA • Number of Species – 100 • Genera – 45 • Families - 9

  4. Nemouridae-16 spp. Taeniopterygidae-3 Capniidae-20 Leuctridae-10 Peltoperlidae-1 Pteronarcidae-2 Perlodidae-23 Perlidae-4 Chloroperlidae-21 Total Family Representatives

  5. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK • Established 1910 • 1.4 million acres = 1600 sq. miles • 50 glaciers • 200 streams and lakes • Three drainage systems • Missouri – SE • Hudson Bay – NE • Columbia - West

  6. McDonald Creek – G.N.P.

  7. McDonald Creek

  8. Glacier National Park Fauna • 92 total species • McDonald Creek & tribs.-66 species • Many Glaciers Area- 65 species • Wilbur Creek- 33 “ • Iceberg Lake Area- 12 “

  9. Many Glaciers Area-Glacier National Park

  10. MANY GLACIERS AREA - G.N.P.

  11. Many Glacier Area G.N. Park

  12. MANY GLACIER AREA Grinnell Lake, Lake Josephine, Swiftcurrent Lake

  13. ICEBERG LAKE - G.N.P. - Bolshecapnia spenceri

  14. Zapada cordillera Capnia cheama Megaleuctra stigmata Cultus aestivalis Isogenoides elongatus Isoperla mormona Megarcys subtruncata Suwallia salish Fauna Not in G.N.P.

  15. FLATHEAD RIVER • Three major Forks • North Fork • Middle Fork • South Fork (dammed-Hungry Horse Dam) • 219 miles of river • 59 Species above Flathead Lake • 5 Species below Flathead Lake • 2 Species in Flathead Lake

  16. Flathead River

  17. North Fork Flathead River

  18. Middle Fork Flathead River

  19. Flathead River below Flathead Lake

  20. FLATHEAD RIVER - below Kerr Dam

  21. STILLWATER RIVER

  22. WHITEFISH RIVER

  23. RARE SPECIES • Amphinemura banksi • Capnia cheama • Isocapnia hyalita • Utacapnia columbiana • Isoperla longiseta • Megaleuctra kincaidi

  24. HIGH ALTITUDE SPECIES Bolshecapnia spenceri-2216m Lednia tumana - 2195m Paraperla wilsoni- 2195m Zapada frigida - 2195m Megarcys signata - 2121m

  25. COMMON SPECIES • Sweltsa fidelis – 163 records • Sweltsa coloradensis – 98 • Suwallia pallidula – 79 • Zapada columbiana – 75 • Eucapnopsis brevicauda - 74 • Suwallia lineosa - 72

  26. The Continental Divide Logan Pass 2100 meters

  27. EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ONLY • Amphinemura banksi • Bolshecapnia spenceri • Isoperla longiseta • Zapada glacier

  28. SWAN RIVER and tributaries

  29. Suwallia salish Bolshecapnia spenceri Utaperla sopladora Malenka californica Capnia confusa Paraperla frontalis Suwallia pallidula From Lemkuhl (1966) Isoperla spp. Alloperla spp. Capnia spp. Paraperla sp. (at least 7 species) LENTIC PLECOPTERA

  30. LakeMcDonald

  31. 51 Total species Nemouridae 11 spp. Taeniopterygidae-2 Capniidae- 5 Leuctridae- 5 Peltoperlidae- 1 Pteronarcidae- 1 Perlodidae- 7 Perlidae- 2 Chloroperlidae- 17 ADULTS CAUGHT ON LAKE SHORES

  32. Alloperla severa Capnia confusa Claassenia sabulosa Diura knowltoni Hesperoperla pacifica Isocapnia crinita Isocapnia grandis Isocapnia integra Isocapnia vedderensis Isoperla fulva Kathroperla perdita Paraperla frontalis Paraperla wilsoni HYPORHEIC FAUNA-1

  33. HYPORHEIC FAUNA - 2 • Perlomyia utahensis • Suwallia pallidula • Sweltsa coloradensis • Taenionema pacificum • Zapada cinctipes

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