SREL Reprint #3231

Distribution and Variation of Oecetis parva (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae)

Zachary L. Burington1, John C. Morse1, and J. Vaun McArthur2

1Department of Entomology Soils and Plant Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29654
2Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC 29802

Abstract: We present new records for a rare species of Oecetis recently collected in South Carolina, with notes on observed morphological variation in males and females across the recorded range. Material examined from South Carolina and Alabama is deposited in the Clemson University Arthropod Collection, Clemson, South Carolina, USA. Material collected from Shelby Pond in South Carolina, and Georgia is deposited in the University of Tennessee Entomology Collection, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Material from Florida is deposited in the William L. Peters Museum Collection of Aquatic Insects, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida (FL), USA.

SREL Reprint #3231

Burington, Z. L., J. C. Morse, and J. V. McArthur. 2011. Distribution and Variation of Oecetis parva (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae). Entomological News 122(1): 100-106.

This information was provided by the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (srel.uga.edu).