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species Allocapnia pygmaea (Burmeister, 1839)

• Common name(s):  Pygmy Snowfly
• Distribution:
  •  
   Canada: NB, NS, ON, PQ. USA: CT, DC, IA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (32):
  • Burmeister. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie 2(2):874   >> Semblis pygmaea    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5044
  • Hagen. 1861. Smith. Misc. Coll. 32   >> Capnia pygmaea    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5045
  • Frison. 1929. Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 18(2):396   >> Allocapnia (pygmaea) pygmaea    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:459773
  • Frison. 1935. Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 20:367   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Frison. 1942. Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 22(2):265   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:126 >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Ross & Ricker. 1971. Ill. Biol. Monogr. 45:45   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Zwick, P. 1971. Rev. Suiss. Zool. 78:1139   >> Note: Both male syntypes mentioned by Burmeister have been studied by Needham (see Needham and Claassen, 1925, sub-nom., Capnella recta); one of them proved to be similar to Capnella recta Claassen and est "This is Capnella recta Clsn.". I have now added a reference to the status of the copy as labeled; S. pygmaea pennsylv. (pink)/Capnella pygmaea Burm. type/det. Needham, 1924 / lectotype Z; Genpr. Z. >> Allocapnia (pygmaea) pygmaea
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:366 >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Narf & Hilsenhoff. 1974. The Great Lakes Entomologist 7:123 >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Neves, R. J. 1978. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 86(3):146   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Lager, M. D. Johnson, S. N. Williams & J. L. McCulloch. 1979. The Great Lakes Entomologist 12(3):111 >> Allocapnia (pygmaea) pygmaea
  • Kondratieff & Voshell Jr. 1979. Ent. News 90(5):245 >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Tarter & Kirchner. 1980. Ent. News 91(2):51   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Pugsley & Hynes. 1986. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:1812–1847.   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Kondratieff & Kirchner. 1987. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 89(1):27   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Kondratieff, Kirchner & Lenat. 1995. Brimleyana 23:26 >> Allocapnia (pygmaea) pygmaea
  • Giberson & Garnett. 1996. Can. J. Zool. 74:1262 >> Allocapnia (pygmaea) pygmaea
  • Kondratieff & Baumann. 2003. Ent. News 114(5):289-290 >> Allocapnia (pygmaea) pygmaea
  • Grubbs. 2004. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 106(4):865   >> Note: Removed from Indiana distribution. >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Heimdal, DeWalt & Wilton. 2004. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 106(4):763 >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Tarter, Chaffee & Grubbs. 2006. Ent. News 117(1):4 >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Earle. 2009. Ent. News 120(2):167   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Bouchard, Schuetz, Ferrington & Kells. 2009. Aquatic Insects 31(2):145-155   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Myers, Kondratieff, Mihuc & Ruiter. 2011. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 137(1+2):83   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Stark & Kondratieff. 2012. Illiesia 8(5):63   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Grubbs, Pessino & DeWalt. 2012. Illiesia 8:165 >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • DeWalt, Y. Cao, Tweddale, Grubbs, Hinz, Pessino & J. L. Robinson. 2012. ZooKeys 178:7   >> Allocapnia (pygmaea) pygmaea
  • Grubbs, Pessino & DeWalt. 2013. Journal of Insect Science 13(72):9   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Kondratieff, Verdone & Roble. 2017. Perla 35:25   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Grubbs. 2018. Illiesia 14(4):76   >> Allocapnia pygmaea
  • Hogan & Grubbs. 2022. Ecologies 3:399 >> Allocapnia (pygmaea) pygmaea
• Scrutiny:
  • Hallan, 2006, Claassen 1940
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., Pennsylvania
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  MLUH Halle

• synonym torontonensis Ricker, 1936

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