3.12 Insects
T ABLE 3.35 Aquatic insect SGCN
Federal/ State Status*
Order
Scientifc Name
Common Name
Ophiogomphus edumudo
Odonata
Edmund’s Snaketail Belle’s Sandragon
FSC/SR FSC/SR
Progomphus bellei Melanoplus decorus
Orthoptera
Decorated Spur-throat Melanoplus
—/SR —/SR —/SR —/SR —/SR
Baetisca becki Baetisca obesa
Ephemeroptera
a mayfy a mayfy a mayfy
Baetopus trishae Barbaetis benfeldi
Benfeld’s Bearded Small Minnow Mayfy Cahaba Sand-fltering Mayfy Spiculose Serratellan Mayfy
Homoeoneuria cahabensis
—/SR
Serratella spiculosa
—
Tortopus puella
a mayfy
—/SR
Megaleuctra williamsae
Plecoptera
Williams’ Rare Winter Stonefy
FSC/SR
Zapada chila
Smokies Forestfy
—/SR —/SR —/SR —/SR
Ceraclea cancellata Diplectrona metaqui Manophylax altus Rhyacophila vibox
Tricoptera
a longhorned caddisfy a diplectronan caddisfy Mount Mitchell Caddisfy a rhyacophilan caddisfy
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* See Table 3.2 for abbreviations.
habitats for the adult insects. In addition to those considered critically imperiled, many species identifed for conservation concern are known from only a single population in the state; are associated with rare plants or unique natural communities; are endemic or known only to occur in North Carolina; have highly disjunct populations separated from the rest of their range; or the best known populations occur in the state. In North Carolina, there are two invertebrate species listed as federally endangered under the ESA: St. Francis’ Satyr butterfy and Spruce–fr Moss Spider. One species has been listed as a candidate for listing status, Rattlesnake-master Borer Moth, which indicates the USFWS has enough information to warrant proposing them for listing but is precluded from doing so by higher listing priorities. Te American Burying Beetle is also listed as endangered under the ESA, but it is believed to have been extirpated from the state. Data from the website www.DiscoverLife.org indicate that there are more than 3,600 bee species in six taxonomic families in North Carolina. Tere are numerous species that are of high conservation concern because they have experienced alarming population declines, especially within the past 20 years. In some cases, local extirpations may explain their absence from parts of their native range. For example, if the long-term declining trend for
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