Lednia tumana

Lednia tumana
Lednia tumana
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Nemouridae
Genus: Lednia
Species: L. tumana
Binomial name
Lednia tumana
(Ricker, 1952)[1]

Lednia tumana or the Meltwater stonefly is a rare, alpine, aquatic insect that is endangered due to likely loss of glaciers and snowpacks in the Glacier National Park and other habitat in the Rocky Mountains due to climate change. The insect lives in the coldest streams just downstream of the glacier or snowbank sources and is considered as an early warning indicator species of climate warming in mountain ecosystems. It is being petitioned to be listed under the US Endangered Species Act.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lednia tumana (Ricker, 1952) Taxonomic Serial No.: 102630". ITIS Report. www.itis.gov. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102630. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  2. ^ United States Geological Survey (source) (5 April 2011). "Rare alpine insect may disappear with glaciers". ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405093658.htm. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 

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