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Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942

Midwest Snowfly
Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942: Allocapnia rickeri holotype label data. (Otu).
Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942: Allocapnia rickeri holotype label data. (Otu).

Nomenclature (30)

  • Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942: 267.

    Holotype; male; 322ed228-189a-4da5-92d3-78829dce47c7; deposited at: Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS); United States: Illinois: Golconda, Big Grand Pierre River

  • Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942 in Illies, 1966: 127.
  • Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942 in Hogan & Grubbs, 2022: 399.
  • Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942 in Myers, Kondratieff, Grubbs, Pett, DeWalt, Mihuc & Hart, 2025: 22.

Nomenclature references (30)

  • 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
  • Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 82, 1–631.
  • 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
  • Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.
  • Narf, R.P. & Hilsenhoff, W.L. (1974) Emergence pattern of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Otter Creek, Wisconsin. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 7, 117–125.
  • Bednarik, A.F. & McCafferty, W.P. (1977) A checklist of the stoneflies, or Plecoptera, of Indiana. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 10(4), 223–226. Available at http://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol10/iss4/9
  • Kondratieff, B.C. & Voshell, J.R., Jr. (1979) Checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Virginia. Entomological News, 90(5), 241–246.
  • Lake, R.W. (1980) Distribution of the Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Delaware. Entomological News, 91(2), 43–48. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2693419
  • 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
  • Harper, P.P. & Harper, F. (1983) Biogéographie et associations des plécoptères d’hiver du Québec méridional (Plecoptera: Capniidae et Taeniopterygidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 115(11), 1465–1476.
  • Ernst, M.R. & Stewart, K.W. (1985) Emergence patterns and an assessment of collecting methods for adult stoneflies (Plecoptera) in an Ozark foothills stream. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 63, 2962–2968.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Harp, G.L. & Robison, H.W. (2006) Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of the Strawberry River System in North-central Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, 60(1), 46–61.
  • 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.
  • Nations, T.M., Stark, B.P. & Hicks, M.B. (2007) The winter stoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae) of Mississippi. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 3(9), 70–94. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia03-09.pdf
  • Earle, J.I. (2009) Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Mount Misery Brook in the New Jersey Pinelands, with Nine New Stonefly Records for New Jersey, U.S.A. Entomological News, 120(2), 157–170. Available at http://https://doi.org/10.3157/021.120.0205
  • Tarter, D.C. & Nelson, C.H. (2010) New state, county, and drainage basin records of West Virginia (USA) stoneflies (Plecoptera). Entomological News, 121(2), 159–162. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3157/021.121.0206
  • 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
  • Grubbs, S. (2011) A review of stonefly (Insecta; Plecoptera) taxonomic research in Alabama, with new state records and an updated checklist. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 7(2), 24–30. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia07-02.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
  • Stark, B.P. & Kondratieff, B.C. (2012) Epiproct and dorsal process structure in the Allocapnia forbesi Frison, A. pygmaea (Burmeister), and A. rickeri Frison species groups (Plecoptera: Capniidae), and inclusion of A. minima (Newport) in a new species group. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 8(5), 45–77. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia08-05.pdf
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Verdone, C.J., Kondratieff, B.C., DeWalt, R.E. & South, E.J. (2017) Studies on the stoneflies of Georgia with the description of a new species of Soyedina Ricker, new state records and an annotated checklist. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 13(3), 30–49. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia13-03.pdf
  • Grubbs, S.A. & Sheldon, A.L. (2018) The stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) of the Talladega Mountain region, Alabama, USA: distribution, elevation, endemism, and rarity patterns. Biodiversity Data Journal, 6(e22839), 1–40. Available at http://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22839
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1001