taxonID	type	description	language	source
AC08B5275E485754FC31C43DFBC9D118.taxon	description	(Fig. 1)	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E485754FC31C43DFBC9D118.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♂ (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution), Harpeth River, Millview, Williamson Co., Tennessee	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E485754FC31C43DFBC9D118.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. U. S. A., Tennessee, Grundy Co., Elk River, Rte. 50, 13 km N Monteagle, 35.3578, - 85.8363, 28 May 2012, S. A. Grubbs, 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (WKU).	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E485754FC31C43DFBC9D118.taxon	description	Male. Same as Kondratieff & Kirchner (2002) and Stark (2004) except aedeagus very long and small in diameter, bearing a very small, rounded caecum; lateral sclerite very broad basally and tapering to a faintly visible line (Fig. 1).	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E485754FC31C43DFBC9D118.taxon	discussion	Comments. The aedeagus for this species is unique among the 30 Nearctic Perlesta species in that it is (a) very long and exceptionally small in diameter, and (b) the caecum is very small. The caecum of P. etnieri is markedly smaller even when compared to other species (e. g., P. nitida Banks 1948 and P. lagoi Stark 1989) that seemingly bear a small caecum. Perlesta etnieri has two additional distinctive characteristics: a near fully-punctate egg lacking a collar (Kondratieff & Kirchner 2002, Fig. 6; Stark 2004, Fig. 7.402) and an X-shaped ocellar patch clearly visible on both the adult male and female (Kondratieff & Kirchner 2002, Fig. 1; Stark 2004, Fig. 7.313). This species cannot be mistaken with any of the other four Perlesta congeners (P. adena, P. decipiens (Walsh 1862), P. lagoi Stark 1989, and P. teaysia) known from the middle Tennessee region. The combination of the four unique morphological characteristics, however, also makes it very difficult to ascertain relatedness to other Perlesta species. Although the presence of the caecum is evidence that this species does not belong in the P. frisoni “ group ”, robust phylogenetic analyses using modern molecular techniques (e. g. mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene sequencing) are needed to better understand species relationships within the genus as a whole.	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E495754FCE7C3E8FB80D729.taxon	distribution	is widely distributed across the eastern and central Nearctic regions, extending west to the foothills of the southern Rocky Mountains (DeWalt et al. 2012). New Tennessee state records are reported from two riverine systems.	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E495754FCE7C3E8FB80D729.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. U. S. A., Tennessee, Marion Co., Sequatchie River, 2 km NE Whitwell, 35.2039, - 85.4928, 29 May 2003, S. A. Grubbs, 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (WKU); Marshall Co., Duck River, U. S. 431, 19 km E Columbia, 35.6087, - 86.8224, 19 – 26 May 2004, S. A. Grubbs, 3 ♂, 2 ♀ (WKU).	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E495754FCE7C563FBC7D69E.taxon	distribution	is a widespread central and eastern Nearctic species known from Iowa south to Mississippi and east to West Virginia (DeWalt et al. 2012). New Alabama records are reported from the Cumberland Plateau region in the northeastern corner of the state.	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E495754FCE7C563FBC7D69E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. U. S. A., Alabama, Jackson Co., Estill Fork, Paint Rock River, CR 9, Estillfork, 34.9104, - 86.1682, 28 May 2012, S. A. Grubbs, 2 ♂, 7 ♀ (WKU); Larkin Fork, Paint Rock River, Rte. 65, 5 km NW Estillfork, 34.9276, - 86.2187, 28 May 2012, S. A. Grubbs, ♂ (WKU).	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E495754FCE7C73EFC45D4E7.taxon	distribution	was initially described from Illinois and Indiana (Grubbs 2005), with subsequent new state records reported from Alabama, North Carolina, and Virginia (Grubbs & DeWalt 2008). This species was recently collected from western Kentucky, representing a new state record.	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
AC08B5275E495754FCE7C73EFC45D4E7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. U. S. A., Kentucky, Trigg Co., tributary to Elbow Creek, Forest Road 165, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, 36.7688, - 88.0351, 16 May 2012, S. A. Grubbs, ♂ (WKU).	en	Grubbs, Scott A. (2012): An Amended Redescription Of The Male Of Perlesta Etnieri (Plecoptera: Perlidae) Plus New Perlesta State Records. Illiesia 8 (9): 111-113, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4760814
