NPS photo 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. Family Limoniidae Antocha sp. Family Muscidae – House flies Limnophora sp. Family Pediciidae Dicranota sp. Family Simulidae - Black flies Prosimulium mixtum Family Stratiomyidae - Soldier flies Stratiomys sp. Family Tipulidae - Crane flies Prionocera sp. Order Coleoptera – Beetles Family Dryopidae - Long-toed water beetles Helichus basalis Family Elmidae - Riffle beetles Anchytarus bicolor Family Gryinidae - Whirligig beetles Dineutus assimilis Family Hydrophilidae - Water scavenger beetles Hydrobius melaenus
Family Psephenidae - Water penny beetles Ectopria sp. Order Ephemerata– Mayflies Family Baetidae – Mayflies Baetis brunneicolor Family Baetiscidae - Armored mayflies Baetisca gibbera Family Ephemerellidae - Spiny crawler mayflies Attenella attenuata Family Ephemeridae – Common burrowing mayflies Ephemera blanda Family Heptageniidae Epeorus dispar Family Isonychiidae Isonychia sp. Family Leptophlebiidae - Prong-gilled mayflies Habrophlebia bibrans
Order Hemiptera – True bugs Family Gerridae – Water striders Gerris remigis Family Veliidae – Broad-shouldered water striders Microvelia paludicola
Order Megaloptera– Dobsonflies Family Corydalidae - Dobsonflies, Fishflies Corydalus cornutus
Order Neuroptera – Lacewings Family Sialidae – Alderflies Sialis sp.
Order Odonata – Dragonflies and damselflies Family Aeshnidae – Darners Aeshna umbrosa Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies Calopteryx dimidiata Family Coenagrionidae - Narrow-winged Damselflies Argia fumipennis fumlpennis Family Corduligastridae – Spiketails Codulegaster erronea Family Corduliidae – Emeralds Helocordulia uhleri Family Gomphidae – Clubtails Dromogomphus spinosus Family Libellulidae – Skimmers Dythemis velox
Order Plecoptera – Stoneflies Family Capinidae - Smallwinter stoneflies Allocapnia sp. Family Chloroperlidae - Green stoneflies Rasvena terna Family Leuctridae - Rolled-winged stoneflies Leuctra sp. Family Nemouridae - Spring stoneflies Amphinemura delosa Family Peltoperlidae - Roachlike stoneflies Peltoperla sp. Family Perlidae – Common stoneflies Acroneuria abnormis Family Perlodidae - Perlodid stoneflies Yugus arinus Order Trichoptera – Caddisflies Family Apataniidae Apatania sp. Family Glossosomatidae Agapetus sp. Family Hydropsychidae - Net Spinning caddisflies Cheumatopsyche sp. Family Lepidostomatidae Lepidostoma sp. Family Limnephilidae - Northern caddisflies Ironoquia sp. Family Philopotamidae - Finger net caddisflies Chimarra sp. Family Rhyacophilidae - Primitive caddisflies Rhyacophila carolina
Taxonomic nomenclature from http://www.discoverlife.org |
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Last updated: January 6, 2016