Mesocapnia variabilis Klapalek 1920

• Main Authors: Chen, Zhi-Teng, Du, Yu-Zhou
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Plecoptera; Capniidae; Mesocapnia; Mesocapnia variabilis; Yukon; Canada; British Columbia; Brooklyn; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5258215; https://zenodo.org/record/5258215

Mesocapnia variabilis (Klapálek, 1920) Figs. 1 –3, 14. Mesocapnia variabilis (Klapálek, 1920): Klapálek 1920: 3; Illies 1966: 149; Zwick 1973: 388; Zhiltzova 1995:29; Zhiltzova 2003: 381; Stewart & Oswood 2006: 34; Vinçon & Sivec 2011 124; Judson & Nelson 2012: 22. Capnia ogotoruka Jewett, 1964: 124 –125; Illies 1966: 144; Zwick 1973: 387. Capnia beringi Ricker, 1965:485 –486; Zwick 1973: 387. Material examined. 1♂: China: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Genhe City, Hanma National Nature Reserve, Daxingan Mountains, Monitoring Station, 30 July, 2014, leg. Zhi-Teng Chen. Diagnosis and remarks. Mesocapnia variabilis males are macropterous (Fig. 3). The main epiproct sclerite has a distinct swollen bulb near midlength, narrowing distally and slightly wider before gradually tapering to a point (Figs. 1–2, 14). This species was previously reported from British Columbia, Yukon, Canada; Mongolia; northern Europe; and Russia (Stewart & Oswood 2006, DeWalt et al. 2016). : Published as part of Chen, Zhi-Teng & Du, Yu-Zhou, 2016, The first records of Mesocapnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from China with description of a new species, pp. 285-293 in Zootaxa 4139 (2) on pages 285-287, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/259617 : {"references": ["Klapalek, F. (1920) Neue Plecopterenarten aus der Familie Capniidae. Casopis Ceskoslovenske Spolecnosti Entomologicke, 17, 3 - 6.", "Zhiltzova, L. A. (2003) Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. Insecta Plecoptera, 1, 1 - 537.", "Stewart, K. W. & Oswood, M. W. (2006) The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Alaska and western Canada. The Caddis Press, Columbus, Ohio, 325 pp.", "Judson, S. W. & Nelson, C. R. (2012) A Guide to Mongolian Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera). Zootaxa, 3541, 1 - 118.", "Jewett, S. G. (1964) Three stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Cape Thompson, Alaska. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 58, 123 - 125.", "Ricker, W. E. (1965) New records and descriptions of Plecoptera (class Insecta). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 22, 475 - 501. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / f 65 - 045", "DeWalt, R. E., Maehr, M. D., Neu-Becker, U. & Stueber, G. (2016) Plecoptera Species File Online. Available from: http: // Plecoptera. SpeciesFile. org (accessed 8 Mar 2016)"]}