Capnia

Capnia is a genus of small winter stoneflies in the family Capniidae. There are at least 120 described species in Capnia.[2][3][4]

Capnia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Capniidae
Genus: Capnia
Pictet, 1841
Diversity
at least 100 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Arsapnia Banks, 1897

Capnia has generally been considered polyphyletic. Three new or resurrected genera have recently been created, partially or wholly, from some of its species: Arsapnia, Sierracapnia, and Zwicknia. In addition, seven Capnia species were previously included the genus Bolshecapnia when it was elevated from subgenus to genus, and three of those species were placed in the new genera Eurekapnia and Sasquacapnia in 2019.[5][6][7]

See also

References
  1. "Capnia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. "Capnia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. DeWalt, R.E.; Maehr, M.D.; Neu-Becker, U.; Stueber, G. (2019). "genus Capnia Pictet, 1841". Plecoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  4. Broome, Hannah Jean; Stark, Bill P.; Baumann, Richard W. (2019). "A review of the genus Bolshecapnia Ricker, 1965 (Plecoptera: Capniidae), and recognition of two new Nearctic capniid genera" (PDF). Illiesia. 15 (1). doi:10.25031/2019/15.01.
  5. Murányi, Dávid; Gamboa, Maribet; Orci, Kirill Márk (2014). "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 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3812.1.1.
  6. Bottorff, R.L.; Baumann, R.W. (2015). "Sierracapnia, a new genus of Capniidae (Plecoptera) from western North America" (PDF). Illiesia. 11 (9). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3812.1.1.

Further reading
  • Campbell, Ian C., ed. (1990). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3. ISBN 978-94-010-7579-4.
  • Stewart, Kenneth W.; Stark, Bill P. (1988). Nymphs of North American stonefly genera (Plecoptera). Entomological Society of America. ISBN 978-0929398556.
  • Media related to Capnia at Wikimedia Commons


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