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Capnia (Bolshecapnia) gregsoni Ricker 1965

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada

Description

Capnia (Bolshecapnia) gregsoni Ricker, 1965: 479-481

Bolshecapnia gregsoni (Ricker), Ricker & Scudder 1975: 338

Valid name: Bolshecapnia gregsoni (Ricker, 1965)

holotype, 1♂, in alcohol; CNC659626

Verbatim: lake on Mt. Arrowsmith, Vancouver Island, B.C., el. ca 4200’ - June 9.195 7, F. Neave and W.E. Ricker/ CNC659626

Interpetative Data: CANADA. British Columbia. Jewel Lake, between Mount Arrowsmith and Mount Cokely, near Cameron Lake, Vancouver Island, 1280 m, Mt. Arrowsmith, Mount Arrowsmith Massif Regional Park, Vancouver Island, 49.232 354, -124.591218, 9.vi.1957, F. Neave & W.E. Ricker.

Determination: HOLOTYPE/ Capnia (Bolshecapnia) gregsoni Ricker, 1965, ♂, det. Ricker 1965 /CNC Type No. 9184

Notes

Published as part of Burton, David K., 2026, Plecoptera primary types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids & Nematodes (CNC), pp. 438-450 in Zootaxa 5750 (3) on page 440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/19170867

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CNC
Material sample ID
CNC659626
Event date
1957-06-09
Verbatim event date
1957-06-09
Scientific name authorship
Ricker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Capniidae
Genus
Capnia
Species
gregsoni
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Capnia (Bolshecapnia) gregsoni Ricker, 1965 sec. Burton, 2026

References

  • Ricker, W. E. (1965) New records and descriptions of Plecoptera (Class Insecta). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 22, 475-501.
  • Ricker, W. E. & Scudder, G. G. E. (1975) An annotated checklist of the Plecoptera (Insecta) of British Columbia. Syesis, 8, 333-348.