Biology:Allocapnia fumosa

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Short description: Species of stonefly

Allocapnia fumosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Capniidae
Genus: Allocapnia
Species:
A. fumosa
Binomial name
Allocapnia fumosa
Ross, 1964[1]

Allocapnia fumosa is a stonefly in the family Capniidae.[2] It is commonly known as the Smokies snowfly and is found in the Eastern United States ,[3][4] including North Carolina,[5] Tennessee ,[6] and Virginia.[7] It is found in the Great Smoky Mountains,[8] and its species name is Latin for "smoky."[9]

It is a small, winged insect found at fast, rocky streams at high elevations.[10] It was first described by Ross in 1964.[11]

References

  1. "Allocapnia fumosa". Interagency Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102662#null. Retrieved 4 July 2018. 
  2. "Allocapnia fumosa". NatureServe Explorer. http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Allocapnia+fumosa. Retrieved 4 July 2018. 
  3. "Allocapnia fumosa". Discover Life. http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Allocapnia+fumosa. Retrieved 4 July 2018. 
  4. "Smokies snowfly (Allocapnia fumosa)". US Fish & Wildlife Service. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?sId=9916. Retrieved 30 June 2018. 
  5. "The Southeast Freshwater Extinction Crisis: North Carolina". Center for Biological Diversity. https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/1000_species/the_southeast_freshwater_extinction_crisis/north_carolina.html. Retrieved 4 July 2018. 
  6. "The Southeast Freshwater Extinction Crisis: Tennessee". Center for Biological Diversity. https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/1000_species/the_southeast_freshwater_extinction_crisis/tennessee.html. Retrieved 4 July 2018. 
  7. "The Southeast Freshwater Extinction Crisis: Virginia". Center for Biological Diversity. https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/1000_species/the_southeast_freshwater_extinction_crisis/virginia.html. Retrieved 4 July 2018. 
  8. Don Kirk (2014). Hatches & Fly Patterns of the Great Smoky Mountains. Stackpole Books. p. 66. https://books.google.com/books?id=daEYBAAAQBAJ&dq=Allocapnia+fumosa&pg=PA66. 
  9. "fumosus". Perseus. http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.5:1575.lewisandshort. Retrieved 4 July 2018. 
  10. "The classification, evolution, and dispersal of the winter stonefly genus Allocapnia". University of Illinois Press. p. 26-27. http://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/27332/classificationev45ross.pdf. Retrieved 4 July 2018. 
  11. "Allocapnia fumosa - Ross, 1964". NatureServe Explorer. http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Allocapnia+fumosa. Retrieved 30 June 2018. 

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