Stoneflies - Plecoptera: Capniidae of Gunnison County, Colorado
Capnia nana
Dwarf Snowfly, Winter Stonefly Claassen 1924
Updated 2 Oct 2010
TSN 568700
Good Links
On this website:
Capnia Introduction
Capniidae 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/67.htm
References
Claassen,PW 1924 New species of North American Capniidae (Plecoptera). Canadian Entomologist 56, 43-48, 54-57. Type specimen and another Type specimen
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 388 " This species appears to be restricted to the southwestern portion of the state, having been only infrequently collected from small to medium streams in Archuleta Co. and Conejos Co."
Needham,JG and Claassen,PW 1925 A Monograph of the Plecoptera of North America. Entomological Society of America, Lafayette, Indiana. 397 pages.
Described as Capnia nana.
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.
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