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species Allocapnia perplexa Ross & Ricker, 1971

• Common name(s):  Perplexing Snowfly
• Distribution:
  •  USA: TN.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Ross & Ricker. 1971. Ill. Biol. Monogr. 45:44   >> Allocapnia perplexa    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5058
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:366
  • Kirchner, Kondratieff & Zuellig. 2002. Ent. News 113(5):335 >> Allocapnia (rickeri) perplexa
  • Stark & Kondratieff. 2012. Illiesia 8(5):69   >> Allocapnia perplexa
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Tennessee, Trousdale County, 5 miles S of Bransford, at murky stream
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  INHS Illinois Natural History Survey

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