Capnia pedestris Kimmins 1947

• Main Authors: Li, Weihai, Yang, Ding
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Plecoptera; Capniidae; Capnia; Capnia pedestris; Humps; glacier
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6217241; https://zenodo.org/record/6217241

Capnia pedestris Kimmins, 1947 Capnia pedestris Kimmins, 1947. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11 (13): 731. Type locality: Tibet (Rongbuk Glacier, Everest base camp). Diagnosis. Males of this species are defined by tergum 9 having two sclerotized humps posteriorly and the epiproct being blade–shaped in lateral view. Females of this species are defined by sternum 8 with a median membranous area flanked by two dark brown patches on each side (Fig. 7 in Kimmins 1947; Figs. 596 – 598 in Zhiltzova 2003). Distribution . China; Afghanistan; Pakistan. : Published as part of Li, Weihai & Yang, Ding, 2009, Synopsis of the genus Capnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from China, pp. 47-52 in Zootaxa 2112 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187897 : {"references": ["Kimmins, D. E. (1947) New species of Himalayan Plecoptera, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 11, 13, 721 - 740.", "Zhiltzova, L. A. (2003) Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. Insecta Plecoptera, Volume I, issue 1, 1 - 537. St. Petersburg, Nauka."]}