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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaPlecopteraPerlidaeParagnetina

Embossed Stone
Paragnetina media (Walker, 1852)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Plecoptera
Family Perlidae
Genus Paragnetina
Species Paragnetina media (Walker, 1852)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygoxene
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

G1G2G3G4▲G5

National ranks

Canada
N4 Apparently Secure
United States
N4 Apparently Secure

Subnational ranks

New Brunswick
SU Unrankable
Ontario
S4 Apparently Secure
Quebec
SNR Unranked
Manitoba
SU Unrankable
Saskatchewan
SU Unrankable
Nova Scotia
S4 Apparently Secure
Michigan
SNR Unranked
Ohio
SNR Unranked
Maryland
SNR Unranked
DE
SNR Unranked
Kentucky
SNR Unranked
Illinois
SH Possibly Extirpated
Wisconsin
SNR Unranked
Minnesota
SNR Unranked
Pennsylvania
S5 Secure
West Virginia
SNR Unranked
Indiana
S2 Imperiled
Iowa
SNR Unranked
Arkansas
SNR Unranked
New York
SNR Unranked
NH
SNR Unranked
Connecticut
SNR Unranked
ME
SNR Unranked
Virginia
SNR Unranked
Missouri
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176

How to cite this account

Paragnetina media (Walker, 1852). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2771. https://cavebiology.org/species/paragnetina-media/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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