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Examples of Plecoptera from the Canadian Prairie Provinces. A, Acroneuria abnormis nymph, B, Claassenia sabulosa nymph, C, Perlesta dakota adult, D, Pteronarcys dorsata adult, E, Winter stonefl y adult on snow. All photos by L. Dosdall except for C, Perlesta, which is by Dale Parker.
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Most Plecoptera (stonefl y) species require cool, well-oxygenated water and are therefore not as well represented in prairie grassland habitats as they are in steep mountain streams or forested habitats. One hundred thirty-one species of Plecoptera have been recorded from the Prairie Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, including 61 th...
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... ies (Plecoptera) (Fig. 1) spend most of their life cycles as aquatic larvae before emerging from the water as terrestrial adults. The majority of stonefl ies require well- oxygenated water and are found in clean, cool, fast-fl owing streams and rivers (Hynes 1976;Stewart and Harper 1996;Stark 2002, 2008), although a few species are also known from cold boreal ...
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... North American species emerging between late winter and mid-summer and a few emerging in late summer or fall (Stewart and Stark 2002). The families Taeniopterygidae and Capniidae (the "winter stonefl ies") avoid warm summer temperatures by growing (as larvae) during the fall and winter and emerging in early spring as the ice begins to break up (Fig. 1E) (Dosdall 1976;Flannagan 1978;Flannagan and Cobb 1983). Many species spend the warm summer months in egg or larval diapause or in the hyporheic zone (deep in the substrate) (Harper and Hynes 1970;Stanford and Gaufi n 1974;Dosdall 1976). These adaptations, along with choosing cool microhabitats such as spring outfl ows, likely allow ...
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... Stonefly species lists or records are available for all ten Canadian provinces and three territories: Alberta (Ricker 1946, Donald and Anderson 1977, Stewart and Oswood 2006, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, British Columbia (Banks 1907, Ricker 1939, 1943, Ricker and Scudder 1975, Scudder 1994, Stewart and Oswood 2006, Baumann and Stark 2010, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, Manitoba (Ricker 1946, Flannagan 1978, Burton 1984, Flannagan and Cobb 1983, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, New Brunswick (Ricker 1948, Kondratieff and Baumann 1994, Giberson and Garnett 1996, Newfoundland and Labrador (Banks 1908, Ricker 1944, 1948, Brinck 1958, Northwest Territories (Ricker and Judd 1955, Stewart and Oswood 2006, Vinke et al. 2015, Nova Scotia (Ricker 1948, Kondratieff andBaumann 1994), Nunavut (Stewart and Oswood 2006), Prince Edward Island (Kondratieff andBaumann 1994, Dobrin andGiberson 2003), Ontario (Harper and Ricker 1994), Québec (Ricker et al. 1968, Harper et al. 1975, 1991a, b, Harper 1990), Saskatchewan (Ricker 1946, Dosdall 1976, Dosdall and Lehmkuhl 1979, 1987, Miyazaki and Lehmkuhl 2011, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, and the Yukon (Stewart andRicker 1997, Stewart andOswood 2006). ...
... Stonefly species lists or records are available for all ten Canadian provinces and three territories: Alberta (Ricker 1946, Donald and Anderson 1977, Stewart and Oswood 2006, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, British Columbia (Banks 1907, Ricker 1939, 1943, Ricker and Scudder 1975, Scudder 1994, Stewart and Oswood 2006, Baumann and Stark 2010, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, Manitoba (Ricker 1946, Flannagan 1978, Burton 1984, Flannagan and Cobb 1983, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, New Brunswick (Ricker 1948, Kondratieff and Baumann 1994, Giberson and Garnett 1996, Newfoundland and Labrador (Banks 1908, Ricker 1944, 1948, Brinck 1958, Northwest Territories (Ricker and Judd 1955, Stewart and Oswood 2006, Vinke et al. 2015, Nova Scotia (Ricker 1948, Kondratieff andBaumann 1994), Nunavut (Stewart and Oswood 2006), Prince Edward Island (Kondratieff andBaumann 1994, Dobrin andGiberson 2003), Ontario (Harper and Ricker 1994), Québec (Ricker et al. 1968, Harper et al. 1975, 1991a, b, Harper 1990), Saskatchewan (Ricker 1946, Dosdall 1976, Dosdall and Lehmkuhl 1979, 1987, Miyazaki and Lehmkuhl 2011, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, and the Yukon (Stewart andRicker 1997, Stewart andOswood 2006). ...
... Stonefly species lists or records are available for all ten Canadian provinces and three territories: Alberta (Ricker 1946, Donald and Anderson 1977, Stewart and Oswood 2006, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, British Columbia (Banks 1907, Ricker 1939, 1943, Ricker and Scudder 1975, Scudder 1994, Stewart and Oswood 2006, Baumann and Stark 2010, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, Manitoba (Ricker 1946, Flannagan 1978, Burton 1984, Flannagan and Cobb 1983, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, New Brunswick (Ricker 1948, Kondratieff and Baumann 1994, Giberson and Garnett 1996, Newfoundland and Labrador (Banks 1908, Ricker 1944, 1948, Brinck 1958, Northwest Territories (Ricker and Judd 1955, Stewart and Oswood 2006, Vinke et al. 2015, Nova Scotia (Ricker 1948, Kondratieff andBaumann 1994), Nunavut (Stewart and Oswood 2006), Prince Edward Island (Kondratieff andBaumann 1994, Dobrin andGiberson 2003), Ontario (Harper and Ricker 1994), Québec (Ricker et al. 1968, Harper et al. 1975, 1991a, b, Harper 1990), Saskatchewan (Ricker 1946, Dosdall 1976, Dosdall and Lehmkuhl 1979, 1987, Miyazaki and Lehmkuhl 2011, Dosdall and Giberson 2014a, and the Yukon (Stewart andRicker 1997, Stewart andOswood 2006). ...
Currently, a total of 267 stonefly species are known for Canada. The biodiversity hotspot of Canadian stoneflies is British Columbia with at least 138 species, nearly 52% of all species known from Canada. Four families, the Perlodidae, Capniidae, Chloroperlidae, and Nemouridae, contain nearly 75% of all species known to occur in Canada. The family with the fewest species represented in Canada is the Peltoperlidae. The stonefly fauna of Canada consists of two major faunal assemblages, west and east. The western clade consists of those species inhabiting Manitoba, all provinces to the west, and the three territories. The eastern clade consists of species from Ontario eastward. The two clades share only 29 species (10.9% of the Canadian total), suggesting a separate origin for each clade. The available taxonomic literature for the stoneflies of Canada is reviewed.
... However, linking to the chapters through online sites shows that chapters are being downloaded and viewed. A paper on stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Prairie Provinces in volume 3 (Dosdall and Giberson 2014) was downloaded through ResearchGate (www.researchgate.net) more than 100 times between 5 January 2016 and 20 April 2017. ...
... There are many lists of taxa associated with specific prairie streams or ponds (e.g., Cobb and Flannagan 1990;Miyazaki and Lehmkuhl 2011;Parker 2017), but only a few of these lists identify the majority of taxa to species; e.g., Cobb and Flannagan (1990). Therefore, there are few current synthetic treatments for aquatic insects of the Prairies Ecozone, though exceptions include the Odonata (Cannings 2014a), Plecoptera (Dosdall and Giberson 2014), and the Ephemeroptera in Saskatchewan (Webb 2002). For some aquatic insect groups, up-to-date checklists for broad regions or jurisdictions are available online, but these do not allow for analyses at the ecozone level; e.g., Ephemeroptera ( From existing checklists, we can conclude that the Prairies Ecozone supports at least 25% of thẽ 34 000 species of arthropods so far recorded in Canada (Danks 1988). ...
The Biological Survey of Canada initiated a project in 1979 to collect and synthesise information on the native arthropod fauna of the vanishing grassland habitats of Canada. At that time, it was thought that the Canadian arthropod fauna might comprise about 66 000 species. Recent studies suggest that the fauna may exceed 100 000 species, of which >25% may occur in the Prairies Ecozone. Results of this near 40-year project have been published in four volumes of the Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands monograph series of the Biological Survey of Canada. Here, the editors of this series review the grasslands project of the Biological Survey of Canada, summarise the contents of the volumes, and discuss current knowledge on the diversity of the grasslands arthropods of Canada. Whereas information on the species richness of some groups in the Prairies Ecozone is largely complete, information on the diversity of many other groups remains sparse. Reviewing the steps between initiation and publication of the Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands series may aid development of similar projects elsewhere. Identifying knowledge gaps will direct future research efforts. Identifying the diversity of grassland arthropods, their distribution and abundance, and the ecosystem services that they provide will facilitate efforts to conserve the remaining grassland habitats in Canada.
