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Allocapnia minima

  • 1. and Boris C. Kondratieff & Department of Biology, Box 4045, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi 39058, U. S. A. E-mail: stark @ mc. edu
  • 2. Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, U. S. A.

Description

Allocapnia minima (Newport)

(Figs. 37-42)

Perla minima Newport 1851:450. Lectotype ♂ (British Museum of Natural History), St. Martins Falls, Albany River, Ontario, designation by Kimmins 1970

Capnella incisura Claassen 1924:45. Holotype ♂ (Cornell University), Ithaca [Tompkins Co.], New York. syn. Ricker, 1938:136.

Material examined. New York: Clinton Co., Saranac River, Clayburg, Silver Lake Rd, 25 March 2005, L. Myers, 24♂, 2♀ (CSUC). Hamilton Co., Sacandaga River, Wells, jct. Rt 8- Rt 30, 43.4453 ° N, 74.2524 ° W, 12 March 2012, B.C. Kondratieff, L. Myers, 16♂, 3♀ (CSUC). St. Lawrence Co., St. Regis River, Rt 11, 14 March 2009, T. Mihuc, 8♂, 5♀ (CSUC).

Male epiproct. Apical segment of upper limb flattened in lateral aspect and ca. 198 μm long; apical ca. 31 μm armed with a series of appressed processes separated by narrow grooves and terminating in elongate, flattened spines (Figs. 37-41), remainder of apical segment armed with widely separated long, thick setae; apical segment ca. 83-86 μm wide throughout length and bluntly rounded at tip. Basal segment of upper limb ca. 62 μm wide, without mesal longitudinal groove. Lower limb ca. 96 μm wide near apical spoon.

Male tergal process. Prominent thimble-shaped, undivided structure on tergum 8 slanted caudad and ca. 54 μm wide at tip; apex covered with scale- like structures (Fig. 40-42).

Notes

Published as part of Stark, Bill P. & Kondratieff, Boris C., 2012, Epiproct And Dorsal Process Structure In The Allocapnia Forbesi Frison, A. Pygmaea (Burmeister), And A. Rickeri Frison Species Groups (Plecoptera: Capniidae), And Inclusion Of A. Minima (Newport) In A New Species Group, pp. 45-77 in Illiesia 8 (5) on pages 53-57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4760725

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Biodiversity

Collection code
CSUC, T
Event date
2005-03-25
Family
Capniidae
Genus
Allocapnia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Plecoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Newport
Species
minima
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , lectotype
Verbatim event date
2005-03-25/2012-03-12

References

  • Newport, G. 1851. On the anatomy and affinities of Pteronarcys regalis Newm.: with a postscript, containing descriptions of some American Perlidae, together with notes on their habits. Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London, 20: 447 - 452.
  • Kimmins, D. E. 1970. A list of the type-specimens of Plecoptera and Megaloptera in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 24: 337 - 361.
  • Claassen, P. W. 1924. New species of North American Capniidae (Plecoptera). Canadian Entomologist, 56: 43 - 48.