Overview
Known commonly as Virginia stone, this insect is a member of the order Plecoptera, the stoneflies. Most stoneflies, including the Virginia stone, rely on clean, fast-moving freshwater for an aquatic larval stage followed by a short terrestrial adult stage.
This insect was first described as a new species by Boris C. Kondratieff and Ralph F. Kirchner from Tazewell County, Virginia in 1993. The new species was distinguished from related species in the male by the penial armature, and in the female, by the completely punctate egg and subgenital plate shape.
Kondratieff, B.C., and Kirchner, R.F., 1993, A new species of Acroneuria from Virginia (Plecoptera—Perlidae): Journal of the New York Entomological Society, v. 101, no. 4, p. 550–554.
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Physical Characteristics
Male:
- Length of forewings 22 mm
- Length of body 20 mm
Female:
- Length of forewings 28 to 29 mm
- Length of body 25 to 27 mm
Virgina stone are generally pale-yellow brown in color.
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