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Table 23.5--The rare aquatic insects evaluated included 176 species, of which 2 are Federally listed as threatened or endangered (NatureServe 2001b)

Scientific name	Common name	ABI global rank	Federal status a	Primary habitat b	Secondary habitat b
Agarodes libalis	spring-loving Psiloneuran caddisfly	G1G2		Groundwater	Groundwater
Cheumatopsyche comis	Flint's net-spinning caddisfly	G3		Groundwater	Groundwater
Cheumatopsyche morsei	a common netspinning caddisfly	G1		Groundwater	Groundwater
Chimarra holzenthali	a caddisfly	G1		Groundwater	Groundwater
Glyphopsyche sequatchie	Sequatchie caddisfly	G1	C	Groundwater	Groundwater
Heterelmis comalensis	Comal Springs Riffle Beetle	G1	LE	Groundwater	Groundwater
Hydroptila ouachita	a purse casemaker caddisfly	G1		Groundwater	Groundwater
Hydroptila wakulla	Wakulla springs vari-colored microcaddis	GH		Groundwater	Groundwater
Isoperla szczytkoi	a stonefly	G1		Groundwater	Groundwater
Megaleuctra flinti	a stonefly	G2		Groundwater	Groundwater
Megaleuctra williamsae	Williams' rare winter stonefly	G2		Groundwater	Groundwater
Oconoperla innubila	a stonefly	G2		Groundwater	Groundwater
Ostrocerca prolongata	a stonefly	G3		Groundwater	Groundwater
Stygoparnus comalensis	Comal Springs Dryopid Beetle	G1	LE	Groundwater	Groundwater
Viehoperla ada	a stonefly	G3		Groundwater	Groundwater
Zapada chila	a stonefly	G2		Groundwater	Groundwater
Agarodes ziczac	zigzag blackwater caddisfly	G1		Streams	Groundwater
Argia leonorae	Leonora's Damselfly	G3		Streams	Groundwater
Austrotinodes texensis	Texas Austrotinodes caddisfly	G2		Streams	Groundwater
Ceratopsyche etnieri	Buffalo Springs caddisfly	G1G3		Streams	Groundwater
Chimarra florida	Floridain finger-net caddisfly	G1G2		Streams	Groundwater
Cordulegaster sayi	Say's Spiketail	G2		Streams	Groundwater
Gomphus consanguis	Cherokee Clubtail	G2G3		Streams	Groundwater
Lepidostoma morsei	Morse's little plain brown sedge	G1G2		Streams	Groundwater
Leuctra mitchellensis	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Groundwater
Leuctra szczytkoi	Schoolhouse Springs Leuctran stonefly	G2		Streams	Groundwater
Ochrotrichia okaloosa	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Groundwater
Ochrotrichia provosti	Provost's Ochrotrichian caddisfly	G1		Streams	Groundwater
Libellula jesseana	Purple Skimmer	G2		Lakes	Lakes
Libellula composita	Bleached Skimmer	G3		Groundwater	Ponds
Nehalennia pallidula	Everglades Sprite	G3		Ponds	Ponds
Gomphus diminutus	Diminutive Clubtail	G3		Streams	Ponds
Somatochlora calverti	Calvert's Emerald	G3		Streams	Ponds
Somatochlora margarita	Texas Emerald	G2		Streams	Ponds
Oxyethira kingi	King's cream and brown mottled microcaddis	G1		Lakes	Rivers
Acanthametropus pecatonica	Pecatonica River Mayfly	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Acroneuria petersi	a stonefly	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Allocapnia jeanae	a winter stonefly	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Alloperla ouachita	a stonefly	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Anepeorus simplex	Wallace's deepwater mayfly	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Diploperla kanawholensis	Little Kanawha Perlodid stonefly	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Gomphus crassus	Handsome Clubtail	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Gomphus gonzalezi	Tamaulipan clubtail	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Gomphus modestus	Gulf Coast Clubtail	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Gomphus ventricosus	Skillet Clubtail	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Gomphus viridifrons	Green-Faced Clubtail	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Gomphus westfalli	Westfall's Clubtail	G1G2		Rivers	Rivers
Helopicus nalatus	a stonefly	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Heterocloeon berneri	Berner's two-winged mayfly	G1		Rivers	Rivers
Homoeoneuria cahabensis	Cahaba sand-filtering mayfly	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Homoeoneuria dolani	blue sand-river mayfly	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Hydroperla fugitans	a spring stonefly	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Hydroperla phormidia	a stonefly	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Macromia margarita	Mountain River Cruiser	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Ophiogomphus acuminatus	Acuminate Snaketail	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Ophiogomphus edmundo	Edmund's Snaketail	G1		Rivers	Rivers
Ophiogomphus howei	Pygmy Snaketail	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Ophiogomphus incurvatus	Appalachian Snaketail	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Ophiogomphus incurvatus incurvatus		G3T3		Rivers	Rivers
Ophiogomphus westfalli	Westfall's Snaketail	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Orthotrichia dentata	dentate Orthotrichian microcaddis	G1G2		Rivers	Rivers
Pentagenia robusta	robust Pentagenian burrowing mayfly	GX		Rivers	Rivers
Protoptila arca	San Marcos saddle-case caddisfly	G1		Rivers	Rivers
Pteronarcys comstocki	a stonefly	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Remenus duffieldi	a stonefly	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Somatochlora ozarkensis	Ozark Emerald	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Stylurus notatus	Elusive Clubtail	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Stylurus potulentus	Yellow-Sided Clubtail	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Stylurus townesi	Townes' Clubtail	G3		Rivers	Rivers
Taeniopteryx robinae	a stonefly	G1		Rivers	Rivers
Taeniopteryx starki	Leoan River winter stonefly	G1		Rivers	Rivers
Traverella lewisi	a mayfly	G2		Rivers	Rivers
Erpetogomphus heterodon	dashed ringtail	G3		Streams	Rivers
Gomphus hodgesi	Hodges' Clubtail	G3		Streams	Rivers
Oecetis morsei	Morse's long-horn sedge	G2		Streams	Rivers
Ophiogomphus australis	southern snaketail	G2		Streams	Rivers
Stylurus potulentus	yellow-sided clubtail	G2		Streams	Rivers
Hansonoperla cheaha	a stonefly	G2		Groundwater	Streams
Hydroptila chelops	a caddisfly	G1		Groundwater	Streams
Hydroptila decia	Knoxville Hydroptilan micro caddisfly	G1G3		Groundwater	Streams
Hydroptila lagoi	a caddisfly	G1		Groundwater	Streams
Leuctra nephophila	a stonefly	G3		Groundwater	Streams
Prostoia hallasi	Hallas' broadback spring stonefly	G3		Groundwater	Streams
Remenus kirchneri	a stonefly	G2		Groundwater	Streams
Progomphus bellei	Belle's Sanddragon	G3		Ponds	Streams
Isonychia berneri	a mayfly	G3		Rivers	Streams
Orthotrichia instabilis	changeable Orthotrichian microcaddis	G1G3		Rivers	Streams
Perlesta browni	a stonefly	G3		Rivers	Streams
Acroneuria flinti	Flint's common stonefly	GH		Streams	Streams
Acroneuria hitchcocki	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Acroneuria ozarkensis	a perlid stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Agarodes alabamensis	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Allocapnia fumosa	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Allocapnia illinoensis	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Allocapnia oribata	a stonefly	G1		Streams	Streams
Allocapnia ozarkana	a winter stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Allocapnia peltoides	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Allocapnia perplexa	a stonefly	G1		Streams	Streams
Allocapnia stannardi	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Allocapnia tennessa	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Allocapnia warreni	a winter stonefly	GH		Streams	Streams
Alloperla biserrata	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Alloperla caddo	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Alloperla furcula	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Alloperla natchez	Natchez stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Amphinemura mockfordi	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Argia pima	Pima Dancer	G1G3		Streams	Streams
Argia rhoadsi	Golden-Winged Dancer	G3		Streams	Streams
Baetisca becki	a mayfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Beloneuria georgiana	Georgia Beloneurian stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Beloneuria jamesae	Cheaha Beloneurian stonefly	G1		Streams	Streams
Beloneuria stewarti	Cheaha Beloneurian stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Ceraclea alabamae	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Cheumatopsyche bibbensis	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Cheumatopsyche cahaba	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Cheumatopsyche gordonae	Gordon's little sister sedge	G1		Streams	Streams
Cheumatopsyche helma	Helma's net-spinning caddisfly	G1G3		Streams	Streams
Cheumatopsyche petersi	Peters' Cheumatopsyche caddisfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Diploperla morgani	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Gomphus geminatus	Twin-Striped Clubtail	G3		Streams	Streams
Gomphus sandrius	Tennessee Clubtail	G1		Streams	Streams
Habrophlebiodes annulata	a mayfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Hansonoperla appalachia	Hanson's Appalachian stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Hansonoperla hokolesqua	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Haploperla chukcho	Chukcho stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Helopicus bogaloosa	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Hydroperla rickeri	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Hydropsyche alabama	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila berneri	Berner's microcaddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila cheaha	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila choccolocco	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila fuscina	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila lloganae	Llogan's varicolored microcaddisfly	G1G3		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila metteei	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila micropotamis	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila molsonae	Molson's microcaddisfly	G2G3		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila paralatosa	a caddisfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila patriciae	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila scheiringi	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila setigera	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Hydroptila wetumpka	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Isoperla distincta	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Isoperla ouachita	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Leuctra moha	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Leuctra paleo	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Macdunnoa brunnea	a mayfly	G3		Streams	Streams
Neochoroterpes kossi	a mayfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Neoperla harrisi	Perlid stonfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Nyctiophylax morsei	Morse's dinky light summer sedge	G1G2		Streams	Streams
Ochrotrichia elongiralla	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Oecetis daytona	a caddisfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Oecetis parva	Little Oecetis longhorn caddisfly	GH		Streams	Streams
Oxyethira kellyi	Kelly's cream and brown mottled microcaddis	G1G2		Streams	Streams
Oxyethira lumipollex	a caddisfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Oxyethira novasota	Novaaota Oxyethiran microcaddisfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Perlesta baumanni	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Perlesta bolukta	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Perlesta frisoni	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Phylocentropus harrisi	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Polycentropus carlsoni	Carlson's Polycentropus caddisfly	G1G3		Streams	Streams
Polycentropus floridensis	Florida brown checkered summer sedge	G2		Streams	Streams
Protoptila cahabensis	Cahaba saddle-case caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Rhyacophila alabama	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Rhyacophila carolae	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Serratella frisoni	Frison's Serratellan mayfly	G3		Streams	Streams
Serratella spiculosa	spiculose Serratellan mayfly	G2		Streams	Streams
Siphloplecton brunneum	a mayfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Stactobiella cahaba	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Taeniopteryx nelsoni	Nelson's early black stonefly	G1		Streams	Streams
Tallaperla elisa	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Tallaperla lobata	lobed roach-like stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams
Theliopsyche tallapoosa	a caddisfly	G1		Streams	Streams
Triaenodes helo	marsh triaenode caddisfly	G2G3		Streams	Streams
Triaenodes tridonta	Three-toothed Triaenodes caddisfly	GH		Streams	Streams
Zealeuctra arnoldi	a stonefly	G3		Streams	Streams
Zealeuctra wachita	a stonefly	G2		Streams	Streams

^aFederal status: LE = Listed as endangered; LT = Listed as threatened; PE = Proposed for listing as endangered; PT = Proposed for listing as threatened; C = Candidate for listing.

^bPrimary and secondary habitat do not necessarily imply a constistant order or ranking of importance to the taxonomic group

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