A Review of Stonefly Records (Plecoptera: Hexapoda) of 
North Carolina and South Carolina 
Boris C. Kondratieff 
Colorado State University 
Department of Entomology 
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 
Ralph F. Kirchner 
5960 East Pea Ridge 
Ridgeview Apartment 1 
Huntington, West Virginia 25705 
AND 
David R. Lenat 
North Carolina Environmental Management 
Water Quality Section 
4401 Reedy Creek Road 
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 
Abstract — The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of North Carolina and South 
Carolina are comprehensively reviewed for the first time. One hundred 
and thirteen and 83 stonefly species are recorded from North Carolina 
and South Carolina, respectively. Thirteen new state records are 
given for North Carolina and two for South Carolina. An additional 
22 species are listed that may be eventually collected in either state. 
Unzicker and McCaskill (1982) presented the first comprehensive 
checklist of 131 stoneflies known or likely to occur in North Carolina 
and South Carolina. However, as Lenat and Penrose (1987) pointed 
out, this list did not distinguish between North Carolina and South 
Carolina, and validation of individual state records requires examination 
of the literature. Stark et al. (1986) and Stewart and Stark (1988) 
have provided recent compilations of stonefly species records for North 
America, listing 75 and 77 species for North Carolina and 77 and 
79 for South Carolina, respectively. However, all three lists contain 
omissions or list species identified in error (Table 1). For example, 
Stark et al. (1986) did not list Taeniopteryx burksi Ricker and Ross, 
T. lonicera Ricker and Ross, and T. metequi Ricker and Ross from 
North Carolina despite the records published by Ricker and Ross (1968) 
or by Fullington and Stewart (1980). Notations in Table 1 are included 
to help clarify taxonomic changes and to distinguish between the lists. 
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