Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes

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Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, and Millipedes Known to Occur in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

INSECTS

Order Diptera – Flies

Family Athericidae

Atherix sp.

Family Blephariceridae - Net-winged midges

Blepharicera sp.

Family Dixidae - Dixid midges

Dixella sp.

Family Dolichopodidae – Long-legged flies

Rhaphium sp.

Family Empididae - Dance flies

Chelifera sp.
Hemerodromia sp.

Family Limoniidae

Antocha sp.
Pilaria sp.

Family Muscidae – House flies

Limnophora sp.

Family Pediciidae

Dicranota sp.

Family Simulidae - Black flies

Prosimulium mixtum
Simulium sp.

Family Stratiomyidae - Soldier flies

Stratiomys sp.
Family Tabanidae – Horse flies
and deer flies
Tabanus sp.

Family Tipulidae - Crane flies

Prionocera sp.
Tipula sp.

Order Coleoptera – Beetles

Family Dryopidae - Long-toed water beetles

Helichus basalis
Helichus lithophilus

Family Elmidae - Riffle beetles

Anchytarus bicolor
Dubiraphia bittata
Macronychus glabratus
Optioservus ovalis
Stenelmis crenata

Family Gryinidae - Whirligig beetles

Dineutus assimilis
Gyrinus lugens

Family Hydrophilidae - Water scavenger beetles

Hydrobius melaenus
Paracymus sp.
Tropisternus blatchleyi blatchleyi
Tropisternus glaber
Tropisternus lateralis nimbatus

Family Psephenidae - Water penny beetles

Ectopria sp.
Optioservus trivittatus
Psephenus herricki
Stenelmis sp.

Order Ephemerata– Mayflies

Family Baetidae – Mayflies

Baetis brunneicolor
Baetis intercalaris
Pseudocloeon sp.

Family Baetiscidae - Armored mayflies

Baetisca gibbera

Family Ephemerellidae - Spiny crawler mayflies

Attenella attenuata
Drunella cornutella
Ephemerella dorothea
Ephemerella invaria
Ephemerella rotunda
Eurylophella doris
Serratella deficiens

Family Ephemeridae – Common burrowing mayflies

Ephemera blanda
Ephemera guttulata
Ephemera varia

Family Heptageniidae

Epeorus dispar
Epeorus rubidus
Stenacron pallidum
Stenonema exiguum
Stenonema femoratum
Stenonema interpunctatum
Stenonema vicarium

Family Isonychiidae

Isonychia sp.

Family Leptophlebiidae - Prong-gilled mayflies

Habrophlebia bibrans
Habrophlebiodes sp.
Paraleptophlebia guttata



Order Hemiptera – True bugs

Family Gerridae – Water striders

Gerris remigis
Rheumatobates rilevi
Trepobates sp.

Family Veliidae – Broad-shouldered water striders

Microvelia paludicola
Rhagovelia obesa

Order Megaloptera– Dobsonflies

Family Corydalidae - Dobsonflies, Fishflies

Corydalus cornutus
Nigronia fasciatus
Nigronia serricornis

Order Neuroptera – Lacewings

Family Sialidae – Alderflies

Sialis sp.

Order Odonata – Dragonflies and damselflies

Family Aeshnidae – Darners

Aeshna umbrosa
Boyeria grafiana
Boyeria vinosa

Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies

Calopteryx dimidiata
Calopteryx maculata

Family Coenagrionidae - Narrow-winged Damselflies

Argia fumipennis fumlpennis
Argia sedula
Enallagma divagans

Family Corduligastridae – Spiketails

Codulegaster erronea
Codulegaster fasciata
Codulegaster maculate

Family Corduliidae – Emeralds

Helocordulia uhleri
Macromia taeniolata
Somatochlora linearis

Family Gomphidae – Clubtails

Dromogomphus spinosus
Gomphus abbreviatus
Lanthus parvulus
Stylogomphus albistylus

Family Libellulidae – Skimmers

Dythemis velox
Erythemis simplicicollis



Order Plecoptera – Stoneflies

Family Capinidae - Smallwinter stoneflies

Allocapnia sp.

Family Chloroperlidae - Green stoneflies

Rasvena terna
Utaperla gaspesiana

Family Leuctridae - Rolled-winged stoneflies

Leuctra sp.

Family Nemouridae - Spring stoneflies

Amphinemura delosa
Amphinemura wui
Hastaperla
(Haploperpla) brevis
Nemoura sp.

Family Peltoperlidae - Roachlike stoneflies

Peltoperla sp.
Tallaperla sp.

Family Perlidae – Common stoneflies

Acroneuria abnormis
Acroneuria carolinensis
Acroneuria lycorias
Eccoptura xanthenes
Isoperla sp.
Perlesta sp.

Family Perlodidae - Perlodid stoneflies

Yugus arinus
Family Taeniopterygidae
- Winter stoneflies
Taeniopteryx metequi

Order Trichoptera – Caddisflies

Family Apataniidae

Apatania sp.

Family Glossosomatidae

Agapetus sp.
Glossosoma sp.
Family Goeridae
Goera calcarata

Family Hydropsychidae - Net Spinning caddisflies

Cheumatopsyche sp.
Diplectrona modesta
Potamyia flava
Symphitopsyche bifida
Symphitopsyche bronta
Symphitopsyche sparna

Family Lepidostomatidae

Lepidostoma sp.

Family Limnephilidae - Northern caddisflies

Ironoquia sp.
Pseudostenophylax uniformis
Pycnopsyche divergens
Pycnopsyche lepida
Pycnopsyche luculenta
Pycnopsyche scabripennis
Pycnopsyche uniformis

Family Philopotamidae - Finger net caddisflies

Chimarra sp.
Dolophilodes sp.
Wormaldia sp.
Family Polycentropodidae
Neureclipsis sp.
Nyctiophylax sp.
Polycentropus sp.

Family Rhyacophilidae - Primitive caddisflies

Rhyacophila carolina
Rhyacophila fuscula
Rhyacophila glaberrima
Rhyacophila nigrita
Rhyacophila torva
Family Uenoidae
Neophylax oligius
Neophylax mitchelli



Taxonomic nomenclature from http://www.discoverlife.org

Last updated: January 6, 2016

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