species

Allocapnia vivipara (Claassen, 1924)

Shortwing Snowfly

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Nomenclature (27)

Capnella vivipara Claassen, 1924: 46.
Holotype; male; 13d654fd-a5cd-4399-88f3-b3337643f0fb; deposited at: Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC); United States: Illinois: Lake Forest
Capnella vivipara Claassen, 1924 in Needham & Claassen, 1925: 276.
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Allocapnia vivipara (Claassen, 1924) in Hogan & Grubbs, 2022: 399.
Capnella vivipara Claassen, 1924 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 23.

Nomenclature references (27)

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Cao, Y., DeWalt, R.E., Robinson, J.L., Tweddale, T. & Pessino, M. (2013) Using Maxent to model the historic distributions of stonefly species in Illinois streams: The effects of regularization and threshold selections. Ecological Modeling, 259, 30–39.
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Claassen, P.W. (1924) New species of North American Capniidae (Plecoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 56(2), 43–48. Available at http://https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent5643-2

DeWalt, R.E. & Grubbs, S. (2011) Updates to the stonefly fauna of Illinois and Indiana. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 7(3), 31–50. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia07-03.pdf

DeWalt, R.E., Cao, Y., Tweddale, T., Grubbs, S.A., Hinz, L., Pessino, M. & Robinson, J.L. (2012) Ohio USA stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera): species richness estimation, distribution of functional niche traits, drainage affiliations, and relationships to other states. ZooKeys, 178, 1–26. Available at http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/2616/ohio-usa-stoneflies-insecta-plecoptera-species-richness-estimation-distribution-of-functional-niche-traits-drainage-affi

Earle, J.I. (2009) New state stonefly (Plecoptera) records for Pennsylvania, with additional records and information on rare species. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 5(16), 169–181. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia05-16.pdf

Frison, T.H. (1929) Fall and winter stoneflies, or Plecoptera, of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 18(2), 345–409. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14782175

Frison, T.H. (1935) The stoneflies, or Plecoptera, of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 20, 281–471. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760489

Frison, T.H. (1942) Studies of North American Plecoptera, With Special Reference to the Fauna of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 22(2), 235–355. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14780275

Grubbs, S. (2004) Studies on Indiana stoneflies (Plecoptera), with an annotated and revised state checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106(4), 865–876. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30135436

Grubbs, S., Pessino, M. & DeWalt, R.E. (2012) Michigan Plecoptera (Stoneflies): distribution patterns and an updated species list. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 8, 162–173.

Grubbs, S.A. (2018) An update on the stonefly fauna (Insecta, Plecoptera) of Maryland, including new and emended state records and an updated state checklist. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 14(4), 65–80. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia14-4.pdf

Heimdal, D.P., DeWalt, R.E. & Wilton, T.F. (2004) Annotated checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Iowa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106(4), 761–778.

Hogan, P.N. & Grubbs, S.A. (2022) Distributional Trends and Species Richness of Maryland, USA, Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera), with an Emphasis on the Appalachian Region. Ecologies, 3(3), 395–421. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030029

Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 82, 1–631.

Kondratieff, B.C. & Kirchner, R.F. (1987) Additions, taxonomic corrections, and faunal affinities of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia, USA. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 89(1), 24–30. Available at http://https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16262424

Kondratieff, B.C. & Voshell, J.R., Jr. (1979) Checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia. Entomological News, 90(5), 241–246.

Kondratieff, B.C., Verdone, C.J. & Roble, S.M. (2017) New records of stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Virginia, U.S.A. Perla, 35, 22–27. Available at http://plecoptera.speciesfile.org/HomePage/Plecoptera/LitArchive/PerlaNo35_2017.pdf

Myers, L.W., Kondratieff, B.C., Grubbs, S.A., Pett, L.A., DeWalt, R.E., Mihuc, T.B. & Hart, L.V. (2025) Distributional and species richness patterns of the stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) in New York State. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13(e158952), 1–115. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.13.e158952

Narf, R.P. & Hilsenhoff, W.L. (1974) Emergence pattern of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Otter Creek, Wisconsin. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 7, 117–125.

Needham, J.G. & Claassen, P.W. (1925) A Monograph of the Plecoptera or Stoneflies of America North of Mexico. The Thomas Say Foundation, II, 1–397. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/monographofpleco00need

Ross, H.H. & Ricker, W.E. (1971) The classification, evolution, and dispersal of the winter stonefly genus Allocapnia. Illinois Biological Monographs, 45, 1–166. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/50280#/summary

Stewart, K.W. & Huggins, D.G. (1977) Kansas Plecoptera (Stoneflies). Technical Publications of the State Biological Survey of Kansas, 4, 31–40.

Tarter, D.C. & Kirchner, R.F. (1980) List of the Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of West Virginia. Entomological News, 91(2), 49–53. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2693425

Tarter, D.C., Chaffee, D.L. & Grubbs, S. (2006) Revised checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Kentucky, U.S.A. Entomological News, 117(1), 1–10.

Zuellig, R.E. & Kondratieff, B.C. (2005) Nebraska, U.S.A.: a new state record for the shortwing snowfly, Allocapnia vivipara (Plecoptera: Capniidae). Entomological News, 116(2), 111–112.
Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	1	2