Nearctic Snowfly

Capnia nearctica

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Nearctic Snowfly
Scientific Name: 
Capnia nearctica
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Stonefly
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Plecoptera
Family: 
Capniidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

Insufficient survey effort. Although recorded from 7 localities, some records are quite dated. Data: GBIF-INHS (1 record from 1 locality); Ricker 1944 ( specimens from 2 localities (Bernard HarbouNU), 1 as C. Hantzchi)Mouth of Copperniine River NU ; Rawson 1953 (records from 1 locality)Whaleback Islands; Stewart & Oswood 2006):Clinton-Colden Lake, 63°55'N, 10r29'W 1959, Ford Lake, north end, 63°11 'N, 10r20'W Shewell 1966, Port Radium, 66°05'N, 118°02'W, 3 Aug 1965 Richer, Whaleback Island, Great Slave Lake, 61 °55'N113°B'W, took location to be the inner Whaleback Rocks (Island), 24 Jun 1947 D. Rawson
References: 
H285
B202
A360
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Synonym = C. hantzchi ;; General Status rank in 2013 (by Colin Curry) = 5 = undetermined ;; Ref= Rawson, D.S. 1953. The bottom fauna of Great Slave Lake. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 10: 486-520 ; Ricker, W.E. 1944. Some Plecoptera
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Draft ranks by Colin Curry for the National General Status Ranking Program (2013)
Last Updated: 
July 11, 2014

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Curry, Colin (2014) Two e-mails from R Hebert to S Carriere: GS EPTM NT and GS mayflies stoneflies caddisflies scorpionflies - Éphémères plécoptères trichoptères mécoptères SG:. received 13/05/2014: Curry, Colin mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies e-copy - H285 Return
  • Stewart, K.W. and Oswood,M.W. (2006) The Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Alaska and western Canada. The Caddis Press 325 pp. ENR Library - B202 Return
  • Ricker, W.E. (1944) Some Plecoptera from the Far North. The Canadian Entomologist September - A360 Return