Arsapnia is a genus of small winter stoneflies in the family Capniidae. There are about eight described species in Arsapnia.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Plecoptera |
| Family: | Capniidae |
| Genus: | Arsapnia Banks, 1897 |
The genus Arsapnia was originally described in 1897, but was considered a synonym of Capnia. Arsapnia was re-established in 2014 by Murányi, et al., for eight species of Capnia.[2]
Species
editThese eight species, formerly members of Capnia, now belong to the genus Arsapnia:
- Arsapnia arapahoe (Nelson & Kondratieff, 1988)
- Arsapnia coyote (Nelson & Baumann, 1987)
- Arsapnia decepta Banks, 1897
- Arsapnia pileata (Jewett, 1966)
- Arsapnia sequoia (Nelson & Baumann, 1987)
- Arsapnia teresa (Claassen, 1924)
- Arsapnia tumida (Claassen, 1924)
- Arsapnia utahensis (Gaufin & Jewett, 1962)
References
edit- ^ "Arsapnia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ DeWalt, R.E.; Maehr, M.D.; Neu-Becker, U.; Stueber, G. (2019). "genus Arsapnia Banks, 1897". Plecoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
Further reading
edit- 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.
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