Species: Hesperoperla pacifica
Golden Stone
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Perlidae
Genus
Hesperoperla
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Stoneflies
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Plecoptera - Perlidae - Hesperoperla
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Reproduction Comments
Adults emerge from April to October (Gaufin et al., 1972). Drumming signals as a form of intersexual communication was described for this species by Sandberg (2009).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-10-05
Global Status Last Changed
1998-06-18
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - It is common and widespread in southern Rocky Mountain Streams of North America but extends as far north as Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, and Yukon (Stewart and Oswood, 2006).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)