**Stonefly Genus Doroneuria (Golden Stones)**

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

» Family Perlidae (Golden Stones)

» Genus Doroneuria (Golden Stones)

Species in Doroneuria
Doroneuria baumanniGolden Stone	0	0

1 species isn't included.

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Golden Stones
	Big Golden Stones

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This less common western genus currently has only two species. Doroneuria theodora & Doroneuria baumanni (mostly coastal).

Calineuria and Doroneuria nymphs both lack anal gills and can be confused, but Doroneuria has a ridge of fine hairs running down the center of its body dorsally and is not as dramatically marked. The adults often have very short wings and also lack the striking head markings of Calineuria. The adult males have large quadrangular hammers (Hammer: A smooth clearly defined chitinous area on the ventral surface of the ninth abdominal segment of some male stoneflies used for drumming up mates.) that are almost twice as long as wide.

Pictures of 1 Stonefly Specimen in the Genus Doroneuria:

Male Doroneuria baumanni (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult

View 18 PicturesI found this stonefly on some streamside vegetation. I didn't see any in the air in several hours of fishing.

Collected September 10, 2020 from the Foss River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on September 19, 2020

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Jargon Defined:

Hammers: A smooth clearly defined chitinous area on the ventral surface of the ninth abdominal segment of some male stoneflies used for drumming up mates.

Nymphs: The juvenile, underwater stages of mayflies, stoneflies, dragonflies, and damselflies and other aquatic insects whose juvenile stages are covered by hard exoskeletons. The word can also refer to the fishing flies which imitate these creatures, in which case it is used as a blanket term for flies imitating any underwater stage of an invertebrate (except for crayfish and leeches).