Arsapnia

Arsapnia is a genus of small winter stoneflies in the family Capniidae. There are about eight described species in Arsapnia.[1][2][3]

Arsapnia
Scientific classification
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

These 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
  1. "Arsapnia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  • 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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