Abridged Checklist of Kansas Insects for the 2015 Kansas Eco

Abridged Checklist of Kansas Insects for the 2015 Kansas Eco

Abridged Checklist of Kansas Insects for the 2015 Kansas Eco-Meet Test
Reference:
Insects in Kansas, 3rd Edition, 2000
By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White, Kansas Dept. of Agriculture
Order of Springtails (Collembola)
Family Poduridae
Water Springtail – Podura aquatic
Family Sminthuridae
Alfalfa Springtail – Sminthurus medialis
Order of Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
Family Ephemeridae
Giant Mayfly – Hexagenia limbata
Order of Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)
Family Aeschnidae
Common Green Darner – Anax junius
Family Libellulidae
Green Clearwing (Eastern Pondhawk) – Erythemis simplicicollis
Widow Skimmer – Libellula luctuosa
Twelve Spotted Skimmer – Libellula pulchella
Eastern Amberwing – Perithemis tenera
Common Whitetail – Plathemis Lydia
Family Calopterygidae
Ebony Jewelwing (Blackwinged Damselfly) – Calopteryx maculate
American Rubyspot – Hetaerina Americana
Family Lestidae
Great Spreadwing (Spreadwinged Damselfly) – Archilestes grandis
Family Coenagrionidae
Familiar Bluet (Civil Bluet) – Enallagma civile
Order of Stoneflies (Perlidae)
Family Perlidae
Stoneflies
Order of Crickets, Grasshoppers, and Katydids (Orthoptera)
Family Acrididae
Toothpick Grasshopper – Leptysma marginicollis
Family Tridactylidae
Large Sand Cricket – Neotridactylus apicalis
Family Gryllacrididae
Cave Cricket – Ceuthopilus sp.
Family Gryllotalpidae
Northern Mole Cricket – Neocurtilla hexadactyla
Order of True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family Gerridae
Water Strider – Gerris remigis
Family Notonectidae
Backswimmer – Notonecta undulate
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Family Corixidae
Water Boatman – Sigara alternate
Family Nepidae
Water Scorpion – Ranatra fusca
Family Belostomatidae
Electric Light Bug – Lethocerus griseus
Toe Biter – Belostoma flumineum
Family Gelastorcoridae
Toad Bug – Gelastocoris oculatus
Order of Dobsonflies, Antlions and Lacewings (Neuroptera)
Family Corydalidae
Dobsonfly – Corydalus cornutus
Order of Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family Dytiscidae
Predacious Diving Beetle – Cybister fimbriolatus
Family Gyrinidae
Whirligig Beetle – Dineutus assimilis
Family Elmidae
Scott Optioservus Riffle Beetle (Scott’s Riffle Beetle) – Optioservus phaeus
Order of Ants, Bees, Wasps, Sawflies, Horntails, Ichneumons & Braconids (Hymenoptera)
Family Sphecidae
Black & Yellow Mud Dauber – Sceliphron caementarium
Pipe Organ Wasp – Trypoxylon politum
Order of Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
Family Hydropsychidae
Seinemaking Caddisfly – Hydropsyche scalaris
Family Phryganeidae
Giant Casemaker Caddisfly – Phryganea cinerea
Family Leptoceridae
Longhorned Casemaker – Nectopsyche candida
Order of Moths, Skippers & Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family Pieridae
Cloudless Sulphur – Phoebis sennae eubule
Little Sulphur – Pyrisitia lisa lisa
Family Libytheidae
Snout Butterfly – Libytheana bachmannii
Order of Flies (Diptera)
Family Tipulidae
Crane Flies
Family Culicidae
Mosquitoes
Family Tabanidae
Deer Fly – Chrysops vittatus
Black Horse Fly – Tabanus atratus
Family Otitidae
Picturewinged Fly – Delphinia picta
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