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Group Common Name/Scientific Name Scientific Name SGCN Amphibians Eastern Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum Y Amphibians Smallmouth Salamander Ambystoma texanum N Amphibians Eastern Newt (T) Notophthalmus viridescens Y Amphibians Longtail Salamander (T) Eurycea longicauda Y Amphibians Cave Salamander (E) Eurycea lucifuga Y Amphibians Grotto Salamander (E) Eurycea spelaea Y Amphibians Common Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus Y Amphibians Plains Spadefoot Spea bombifrons N Amphibians American Toad Anaxyrus americanus N Amphibians Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus cognatus N Amphibians Green Toad (T) Anaxyrus debilis Y Amphibians Red-spotted Toad Anaxyrus punctatus Y Amphibians Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii N Amphibians Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi Y Amphibians Gray Treefrog complex Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor N Amphibians Spotted Chorus Frog Pseudacris clarkii N Amphibians Spring Peeper (T) Pseudacris crucifer Y Amphibians Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata N Amphibians Strecker's Chorus Frog (T) Pseudacris streckeri Y Amphibians Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata N Amphibians Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolata Y Amphibians Plains Leopard Frog Lithobates blairi N Amphibians Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianaN Amphibians Bronze Frog (T) Lithobates clamitans Y Amphibians Pickerel Frog Lithobates palustris Y Amphibians Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus N Amphibians Eastern Narrowmouth Toad (T) Gastrophryne carolinensis Y Amphibians Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad Gastrophryne olivacea N Amphibians Red River Mudpuppy Necturus louisianensis Y Amphibians Barred Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium Amphibians Fowler's Toad Anaxyrus fowleri Amphipod Kansas Well Amhipod Bactrurus hubrichti N Amphipod A Cave Obligate Amphipod Stygobromus alabamensis N Amphipod Onondaga Cave Amphipod Sygobromus onondagaensis N Crustaceans Neosho Midget Crayfish Orconectes macrus Y Crustaceans Calico Crayfish Orconectes immunis Y Crustaceans A Crayfish Orconectes luteus Y Crustaceans Devil Crayfish Orconectes diogenes Y Crustaceans A Crayfish Orconectes nais Y Crustaceans A Crayfish Orconectes neglectus Y Crustaceans A Crayfish Orconectes palmeri Y Crustaceans Virile Crayfish Orconectes virilis Y Crustaceans White River Crayfish Procambarus acutus exotic Crustaceans Prairie Crayfish Procambarus gracilis Y Crustaceans A Crayfish Procambarus simulans Y Crustaceans Versitle Fairy Shrimp Branchinecta lindahli N Crustaceans Rock Pool Fairy Shrimp Branchinecta packardi N Crustaceans Ethologist Fairy Shrimp Eubranchipus serratus N Crustaceans Spinytail Fairy Shrimp Streptocephalus sealii N Crustaceans Greater Plains Fairy Shrimp Streptocephalus texanus N Crustaceans Beavertail Fairy Shrimp Thamnocephalus platyurus N Crustaceans Longtail Tadpole Shrimp Triops longicaudatus N Crustaceans Desert Tadpole Shrimp Triops newberryi N Crustaceans Great Plains Clam Shrimp Cyzicus belfragei N Crustaceans Mexican Clam Shrimp Cyzicus mexicanus N Crustaceans Texan Clam Shrimp Eulimnadia texana N Crustaceans Short Finger Clam Shrimp Lynceus brevifrons N Fish Chestnut Lamprey (T) Ichthyomyzon castaneus Y Fish Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens N Fish Pallid Sturgeon (E) Scaphirhynchus albus Y Fish Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Y Fish Paddlefish Polyodon spathula Y Fish Spotted Gar Lespisosteus oculatus Y Fish Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus N Fish Pugnose Shiner (x) Notropis anogenus N Fish Western Sand Darter (x) Ammocrypta clara N Fish Iowa Darter (x) Etheostoma exile N Fish Bigeye Chub (x) Hybopsis amblops Y Fish Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus N Fish Bowfin Amia calva Fish Goldeye Hiodon alosoides N Fish American Eel Anguilla rostrata Y Fish Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum N Fish Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum N Fish Bluntface Shiner Cyprinella camura N Fish Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis N Fish Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera Y Fish Gravel Chub Erimystax x-punctatus Y Fish Western Silvery Minnow (T) Hybognathus argyritis Y Fish Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni Y Fish Plains Minnow (T) Hybognathus placitus Y Fish Cardinal Shiner Luxilus cardinalis Y Fish Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus N Fish Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus Y Fish Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis N Fish Sturgeon Chub (T) Macrhybopsis gelida Y Fish Sicklefin Chub (E) Macrhybopsis meeki Y Fish Silver Chub (E) Macrhybopsis storeriana Y Fish Peppered Chub (E) Macrhyhopsis tetranema Y Fish Redspot Chub (T) Nocomis asper Y Fish Hornyhead Chub (T) Nocomis biguttatus Y Fish Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas N Fish Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides N Fish Red River Shiner Notropis bairdi N Fish River Shiner Notropis blennius Y Fish Bigeye Shiner Notropis boops Y Fish Ghost Shiner Notropis buchanani N Fish Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis N Fish Arkansas River Shiner (E) Notropis girardi Y Fish Blacknose Shiner (x) Notropis heterolepis N Fish Ozark Minnow Notropis nubilus Y Fish Sand Shiner Notropis stranineus N Fish Silverband Shiner (T) Notropis shumardi Y Fish Topeka Shiner (T) Notropis topeka Y Fish Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus N Fish Pugnose Minnow (x) Opsopoeodus emiliae N Fish Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis N Fish Southern Redbelly Dace Phoxinus erythrogaster Y Fish Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus N Fish Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas N Fish Slim Minnow Pimephales tenellus N Fish Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax N Fish Flathead Chub (T) Platygobio gracilis Y Fish Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus Y Fish Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus N Fish River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio N Fish Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus Y Fish Highfin Carpsucker Carpiodes velifer Y Fish White Sucker Catostomus commersonii Y Fish Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus Y Fish Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans Y Fish Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus N Fish Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus N Fish Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger Y Fish Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops Y Fish River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum Y Fish Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnei Y Fish Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum Y Fish Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum Y Fish Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas N Fish Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis N Fish Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosis N Fish Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus N Fish Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus N Fish Slender Madtom Noturus exilis Y Fish Stonecat Noturus flavus Y Fish Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus Y Fish Brindled Madtom Noturus miurus Y Fish Freckled Madtom Noturus nocturnus Y Fish Neosho Madtom (T) Noturus placidus Y Fish Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris N Fish Northern Pike Esox lucius N Fish Burbot Lota lota N Fish Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus N Fish Northern Studfish Fundulus catenatus N Fish Northern Plains Killifish Fundulus kansae Y Fish Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus N Fish Blackspotted Topminnow Fundulus olivaceus N Fish Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus N Fish Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis N Fish Banded Sculpin Cottus carolinae Y Fish White Bass Morone chrysops N Fish Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus N Fish Warmouth Lepomis gulosus Y Fish Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis N Fish Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus N Fish Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis N Fish Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus N Fish Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu N Fish Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides N Fish White Crappie Pomoxis annularis N Fish Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus N Fish Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides Y Fish Bluntnose Darter Etheostoma chlorosoma Y Fish Arkansas Darter (T) Etheostoma cragini Y Fish Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare Y Fish Slough Darter Etheostoma gracile Y Fish Least Darter Etheostoma microperca Y Fish Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum Y Fish Stippled Darter Etheostoma punctulatum Y Fish Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile Y Fish Speckled Darter Etheostoma stigmaeum Y Fish Redfin Darter Etheostoma whipplei Y Fish Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale Y Fish Logperch Percina caprodes Y Fish Channel Darter Percina copelandi Y Fish Blackside Darter (T) Percina maculata Y Fish Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala Y Fish River Darter Percina shumardi Y Fish Sauger Sander canadense N Fish Walleye Sander vitreum N Fish Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens N Fish Shoal Chub (T) Macrhybopsis hyostoma Y Fish Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus N Gastropods Creeping Ancylid Ferrissia rivularis N Gastropods Dusky Fossaria Fossaria dalli N Gastropods Golden Fossaria Fossaria obrussa N Gastropods Fossaria techella Fossaria techella N Gastropods Ash Gyro Gyraulus parvus N Gastropods Two-ridge Rams-horn Helisoma anceps N Gastropods Dusky Ancylid Laevapex fuscus N Gastropods Tadpole Physa Physella gyrina N Gastropods Pewter Physa Physella heterostropha N Gastropods Protean Physa Physella virgata N Gastropods Sharp Hornsnail (T) Pleurocera acuta Y Gastropods Slender Walker Snail (E) Pomatiopsis lapidaria Y Gastropods Delta hydrobe (T) Probythinella emarginata Y Gastropods Sharp Sprite Promenetus exacuous N Gastropods Umbilicate Sprite Promenetus umbilicatellus N Gastropods Mimic Lymnaea Pseudosuccinea columella N Gastropods Flat-whorled Pondsnail Stagnicola exilis N Gastropods Mottled Fingernailclam Eupera cubensis N Insect Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor N Insect Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus N Insect Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes N Insect Baird’s Swallowtail Papilio machaon bairdii N Insect Thoas Swallowtail Papilio thoas N Insect Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes N Insect Ornythion Swallowtail
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  • Insects and Related Arthropods Associated with of Agriculture

    Insects and Related Arthropods Associated with of Agriculture

    USDA United States Department Insects and Related Arthropods Associated with of Agriculture Forest Service Greenleaf Manzanita in Montane Chaparral Pacific Southwest Communities of Northeastern California Research Station General Technical Report Michael A. Valenti George T. Ferrell Alan A. Berryman PSW-GTR- 167 Publisher: Pacific Southwest Research Station Albany, California Forest Service Mailing address: U.S. Department of Agriculture PO Box 245, Berkeley CA 9470 1 -0245 Abstract Valenti, Michael A.; Ferrell, George T.; Berryman, Alan A. 1997. Insects and related arthropods associated with greenleaf manzanita in montane chaparral communities of northeastern California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-167. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. Agriculture; 26 p. September 1997 Specimens representing 19 orders and 169 arthropod families (mostly insects) were collected from greenleaf manzanita brushfields in northeastern California and identified to species whenever possible. More than500 taxa below the family level wereinventoried, and each listing includes relative frequency of encounter, life stages collected, and dominant role in the greenleaf manzanita community. Specific host relationships are included for some predators and parasitoids. Herbivores, predators, and parasitoids comprised the majority (80 percent) of identified insects and related taxa. Retrieval Terms: Arctostaphylos patula, arthropods, California, insects, manzanita The Authors Michael A. Valenti is Forest Health Specialist, Delaware Department of Agriculture, 2320 S. DuPont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901-5515. George T. Ferrell is a retired Research Entomologist, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 2400 Washington Ave., Redding, CA 96001. Alan A. Berryman is Professor of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6382. All photographs were taken by Michael A. Valenti, except for Figure 2, which was taken by Amy H.