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synonym Capnia arapahoe Nelson & Kondratieff, 1988

• Nomenclatural details:   Junior synonym.  species found to be hybrid of Capnia decepta and Capnia gracilaria. Parent chosen as C. decepta.
• Common name(s):  Arapahoe Snowfly
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (9):
  • Nelson, C.R. & Kondratieff. 1988. Ent. News 99(2):77 >> Capnia arapahoe    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5005
  • Nelson, C.R. & Baumann. 1989. Gr. Bas. Nat. 49(3):314   >> Capnia arapahoe
  • Kondratieff & Baumann. 2002. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 128(4):387 >> Capnia arapahoe
  • Heinold. 2010. Master's Thesis 92 >> Capnia arapahoe
  • Heinold & Kondratieff. 2010. Ent. News 121(3):281 >> Note: Description of female.
  • Zuellig, Heinold, Kondratieff & Ruiter. 2012. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 606:37
  • Murányi, Gamboa & Orci. 2014. Zootaxa 3812:14   >> Arsapnia arapahoe
  • Fairchild, Belcher III, Zuellig, Vieira & Kondratieff. 2017. Illiesia 13(4):50-58   >> Arsapnia arapahoe
  • Young, M. K., R. J. Smith, Pilgrim, Fairchild & Schwartz. 2019. Ecology and Evolution 9(3):1364-1377   >> Note: Authors find that Arsapnia arapahoe is a hybrid of Arsapnia decepta and Capnia gracilaria. DeWalt has chose to place this name under synonym using A. decepta as parent. The name A. arapahoe appears to remain available. >> Arsapnia arapahoe
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northwestern U.S.A., Colorado, Larimer County, CO. Larimer Co., Elkhorn Creek junction Rt. 14
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  USNM Smithsonian

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