Utaperla gaspesiana Harper and Roy, 1975

Utaperla gaspesiana Harper and Roy, 1975 View in CoL

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Utaperla gaspesiana is commonly referred to as the Gaspe Sallfly ( Stark et al. 2012). This is a rare species reported from Quebec south to West Virginia ( Surdick 2004, DeWalt et al. 2024, NatureServe 2024). Harper et al. (1991 b) examined the life history of U. gaspesiana in Quebec, suggesting a multivoltine-slow, two-year life cycle similar to that of S. onkos . Adults have been collected in New York from early May to mid-September (Fig. 26 View Figure 26 ) at 149-866 m asl (Fig. 27 View Figure 27 ), but infrequently from coarse, open substrated, medium-sized streams and small rivers from Level IV Ecoregions Catskill High Peaks (58 y), Eastern Adirondack Foothills (58 ac), Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau (60 a), Catskills Transition (60 c), and Champlain Lowlands (83 b) (Fig. 30 d View Figure 30 d ). They are likely to utilize hyporheic habitats as done by other chloroperlids, especially those in the subfamily Paraperlinae ( South et al. 2021).