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species Capnia nearctica Banks, 1919

• Common name(s):  Nearctic Snowfly
• Distribution:
  •  Canada: BC, MB, NT, NU, ON, SK, YK. USA: AK. Russian Far East.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (11):
  • Banks. 1919. In Hewitt [Ed.]. Volume III: Insects. In Anderson, R. M. [Ed.]. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918 3B   >> Capnia nearctica    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4930
  • Needham & Claassen. 1925. The Thomas Say Foundation II:264   >> Note: Illustrations Plate 49, Fig. 2 & 3. >> Capnia nearctica
  • Claassen. 1940. Mem. Cornell agric. Exp. Sta. 232:94 >> Capnia nearctica
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:142 >> Capnia nearctica
  • Nelson, C.R. & Baumann. 1989. Gr. Bas. Nat. 49(3):336   >> Capnia nearctica
  • Zhiltzova. 2003. Fauna of Russia and Neighbouring Countries New Series No. 145:332 >> Note: placed in Capnia atra species group >> Capnia nearctica
  • Stewart & Oswood. 2006. The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio 8, 27 >> Capnia nearctica
  • Teslenko. 2009. Aquatic Insects 31(Supplement 1):697 >> Capnia nearctica
  • Murányi & Orci. 2014. In Murányi, Gamboa & Orci. 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). Zootaxa 3812:15 >> Note: Presents evidence this this is the only Capnia species in North America. More generic descriptions to come. >> Capnia (nearctica) nearctica
  • Dosdall & Giberson. 2014. In Cárcamo & Giberson. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands Volume 3: Biodiversity and Systematics Part 1. Biol. Surv. Can. 213 >> Capnia (nearctica) nearctica
  • Kendrick & Huryn. 2014. West.N.Am.Nat. 74(3):277   >> Capnia (nearctica) nearctica
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Subarctic America, Northwest Territories, Bernard harbour
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Unsexed adult
  • Location of type:  CNC Ottawa

• synonym hantzchi Claassen, 1940
• synonym hantzschi Ricker, 1938

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