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Published: 2006-05-08
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Allocapnia sano, a new species of snowfly (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from Alabama, U.S.A., plus six new state records

Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity Studies, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42101 USA
Plecoptera Zealeuctra fraxina Allocapnia sano Amphinemura appalachia Amphinemura mockfordi Amphinemura wui Oemopteryx contorta Alloperla chloris Alabama

Abstract

A new eastern Nearctic snowfly species of the genus Allocapnia Claassen (Plecoptera: Capniidae) is described from Alabama, U.S.A. The male of the new species, A. sano, is distinguished from closely-related A. loshada Ricker and A. sequatchie Kondratieff and Kirchner by terminalia characters. In addition, new Alabama state records are reported for Zealeuctra fraxina Ricker & Ross, Amphinemura appalachia Baumann, A. mockfordi (Ricker), A. wui (Claassen), Oemopteryx contorta (Needham & Claassen), and Alloperla chloris Frison.

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