Paraleptophlebia debilis

Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) This transcontinental species (McCafferty and Meyer, 2007) is the most widespread of the North American species of Paraleptophlebia.

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.

Estimated Number of Occurrences: > 300

Comments: Whitmore (2008) documented it in Massachusetts on Martha's Vineyard in Roaring Brook and an unnamed Priester's Pond feeder. This species was recently reported from several sites in New Hampshire (Chandler et al., 2006). In Washington, it occurs in Cowlitz, King, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Yakima Cos. (Meyer and McCafferty, 2007). In Oregon, it occurs in Benton, Clatsop, Crook, Curry, Hood River, Jefferson, Lake, Lane, Linn, Polk, Union, Wallowa, Washington, Wheeler, and Yamhill Cos. (Meyer and McCafferty, 2007). In California, it occurs in Alameda, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Humboldt, Lake, Los Angeles, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Monterey, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, San Benito, ASan Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tehama, Tuolumne, and Ventura Cos. (Meyer and McCafferty, 2008). It occurs in western Montana in Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, Flathead Co.; Lost Lake, Glacier Co.; Jocko River and Mission Creek, Lake Co.; Morrell Creek, Missoula Co.; Cedar River, Mineral Co.; and Henry Creek, Sanders Co. (McCafferty and Newell, 2007). In South Dakota, it occurs in Pennington Co. (Guenther and McCafferty, 2008). It was recently documented in 3 locations in the Humboldt River (just below the confluence of the North Fork), Eureka and Humboldt Cos., Nevada (Baumann and Kondratieff, 2000). In South Carolina, it occurs in Allendale Co. (McCafferty and Meyer, 2008). McCafferty (2009) documented it in Indiana (Boone, Crawford, and Perry Cos.), and Kansas (Wilson Co.).

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There are 6 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.  Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.

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Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: This transcontinental species (McCafferty and Meyer, 2007) is the most widespread of the North American species of Paraleptophlebia.