Stoneflies - Plecoptera: Capniidae of Gunnison County, ColoradoCapnia coloradensis
Colorado Snowfly, Winter Stonefly Claassen 1937
Updated 2 Oct 2010
TSN 102701
Good Links
On this website:
Capniidae Introduction
Capnia Introduction
Other Websites:
Map - Kondratieff, Boris C. and Richard W. Baumann (coordinators). 2000. Stoneflies of the United States. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. (Version 12DEC2003).
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/sfly/usa/47.htm
References
Baumann,RW, Gaufin,AR and Surdick,RF 1977 The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 31, 1-208.
Quoted from page 66: "This species is common in creeks and rivers. The adults emerge in March and April."
Claassen,PW 1937 New species of stoneflies (Plecoptera). Canadian Entomologist 69, 79-82. Type specimen (male)and Type specimen (female)
Knight,AW; Gaufin,AR 1966 Altitudinal distribution of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in a Rocky Mountain drainage system. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 39 4, 668-675. Abstract and first page
They studied stoneflies in the South Fork of the Gunnison River Drainage between 6760 and 10,770 feet.
Kondratieff,BC and Baumann,RW 2002 A review of the stoneflies of Colorado with description of a new species of Capnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae). Transactions of American Entomological Society 128 3, 385-401.
Quote from page 387: " Capnia coloradensis is a species commonly occurring in many mountain and higher elevations streams and small rivers of Colorado (Baumann et al 1977, Nelson and Baumann 1989)."
Nelson,RC; Baumann,RW 1989 Systematics and distribution of the winter stonefly genus Capnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae) in North America. Great Basin Naturalist 49, 289-363.
They looked at a specimen from Gunnison County among many other places. They place C. coloradensis in the Coloradensis group of the Capnia genus.
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