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species Capnia cheama Ricker, 1965

• Common name(s):  Cheama Snowfly
• Distribution:
  •  CAN: AB, BC, YK. USA: MT.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (6):
  • Ricker. 1965. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. 22(2):475-501 >> Capnia cheama    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4985
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:372 >> Capnia cheama
  • Nelson, C.R. & Baumann. 1989. Gr. Bas. Nat. 49(3):320   >> Capnia cheama
  • Stewart & Oswood. 2006. The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio 8, 25, 230 >> Capnia (excavata) cheama
  • Newell, Baumann & Stanford. 2008. In Hauer, Stanford & Newell [Ed.]. International Advances in the Ecology, Zoogeography, and Systematics of Mayflies and Stoneflies 176   >> Capnia cheama
  • Dosdall & Giberson. 2014. In Cárcamo & Giberson. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands Volume 3: Biodiversity and Systematics Part 1. Biol. Surv. Can. 212 >> Capnia (excavata) cheama
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Western Canada, British Columbia, Fraser River bridge near Agassiz.
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  CNC Ottawa

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