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Capnopsis Morton 1896

Description

Capnopsis Morton, 1896

(Fig. 47)

Capnodes Rostock, 1892 — Rostock 1892: 398. (original description, type species Capnodes schilleri Rostock, 1892). Capnopsis Morton, 1896 — Morton 1896: 61. (replace name for Capnodes Rostock, 1892 preoccupied by Capnodes Guénée, 1852; inherited type species Capnodes schilleri Rostock, 1892); Zwick 1984: 2. (revision).

Diagnosis. Male epiproct: B-scl small, divided from Ep-scl; Lb-scl small, fused with Ep-scl; Ep-scl ventrally connected in the apical part, laterally entire, caudal setae absent; I-scl long, erect stick, Ec absent. Male Pp: apical part short and wide; Fp medium long and wide, divided from Rp. Male Sg: fused with St 9 and Tg 9, vesicle lacking. Female Sg: rectangular, entire; inner and lateral sclerites absent. Male tergites: process lacking. Cercus: with less than ten segments. Ventral thoracic sclerites: MPrs elliptical, MeFs triangular, MeFsp separated from MePfs. Macropterous wings: forewing without crossvein between M and Cu; single A vein beyond a and R1 before r straight; hindwing without A veins.

Species included. 1 valid species with 3 subspecies from the West Palaearctic (DeWalt et al. 2014); 2 of the subspecies examined (see Appendix 1).

Notes

Published as part of Murányi, Dávid, Gamboa, Maribet & Orci, Kirill Márk, 2014, Zwicknia gen. n., a new genus for the Capnia bifrons species group, with descriptions of three new species based on morphology, drumming signals and molecular genetics, and a synopsis of the West Palaearctic and Nearctic genera of Capniidae (Plecoptera), pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 3812 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3812.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4919079

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Capniidae
Genus
Capnopsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Plecoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Morton
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Capnopsis Morton, 1896 sec. Murányi, Gamboa & Orci, 2014

References

  • Morton, K. J. (1896) New and little-known Palaearctic Perlidae. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1896 (1), 55 - 63.
  • Rostock, M. (1892) Capnodes schilleri, eine neue deutsche Perlide. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 37 (1), 1 - 5. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18920370103
  • Guenee (1852) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species General des Lepidopteres V. 7 (Noctuelites, V. 3). Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 442 pp.
  • Zwick, P. (1984) Geographische Rassen und Verbreitungsgeschichte von Capnopsis schilleri (Plecoptera, Capniidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 31 (1 - 3), 1 - 7.
  • DeWalt, R. E., Neu-Becker, U. & Steuber, G. (2014) Plecoptera Species File Online. Version 5.0 / 5.0. Available from: http: // plecoptera. speciesfile. org (accessed 12 May 2014)