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Species

Arsapnia pileata (Jewett, 1966)

Birdhead Snowfly

Nomenclature (6)

  • Capnia pileata Jewett, 1966: 104.

    Holotype; male; 6938bf21-8f64-404e-bc62-9ef1a1144558; deposited at: Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS);

  • Capnia pileata Jewett, 1966 in Zwick, 1973: 377.
  • Arsapnia pileata (Jewett, 1966) in Kendrick & Huryn, 2014: 277.
  • Arsapnia pileata (Jewett, 1966) in Murányi, Gamboa & Orci, 2014: 14.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Frison, T.H. (1942) Descriptions, Records and Systematic Notes Concerning Western North American Stoneflies (Plecoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 18(2), 61–73.
  • Jewett, S.G., Jr. (1966) Some species of Capnia from western North America (Plecoptera). Wasmann Journal of Biology, 24(1), 101–108.
  • Kendrick, M.R. & Huryn, A.D. (2014) The Plecoptera and Trichoptera of the Arctic North Slope of Alaska. Western North American Naturalist, 74(3), 275–285. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/24644404
  • Murányi, D., Gamboa, M. & Orci, K.M. (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, 82 pp. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3812.1.1
  • Nelson, C.R. & Baumann, R.W. (1989) Systematics and distribution of the winter stonefly genus Capnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae) in North America. The Great Basin Naturalist, 49(3), 289–363. Available at http://wnan.byu.edu/archives.asp
  • Stewart, K.W. & Oswood, M.W. (2006) The Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Alaska and Western Canada. In The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio. vi. + 325.
  • Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The name pileata alludes to the hair-borne epiproct of the male genitalia and to the fanciful resemblance of this organ in lateral view to the pileated woodpecker, another inhabitant of the Pacific Northwest.