Nemocapniacarolina Banks, 1938

Nations, Tina M., Stark, Bill P. & Hicks, Matthew B., 2007, The Winter Stoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae) Of Mississippi, Illiesia 3 (9), pp. 70-94 : 92-93

Nemocapniacarolina Banks

Nemocapnia carolina Banks, 1938 . Type series, Morgantown , North Carolina.

Nemocapniacarolina: Frison, 1942 . Redescription.

Distribution. AL, AR, FL, IL, IN, MS, NC, PQ, SC, VA ( Stark & Baumann 2006). Mississippipopulations

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have been reported in Simpson and Wilkinson counties ( Stark 1979) and in this paper a new record is given for Amite County.

Mississippi collection data. ( Fig. 52). Amite Co., Tributary Foster Creek, Hwy 33, 26 December 1997, M. Alford, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ; Foster Creek , FR 167, 29 December 1997, M. Alford, 1 ♀ . Simpson Co., Mill Creek, Hwy 472, 31 ° 51’ 81.6” N, 89 ° 59’ 51.5” W, 20 February 1981, B. Stark, 1 ♀; Samelocation, 16 January 1981, B. Stark, 1 ♂; Samelocation 7 March 1985, B. Stark, 1 ♀; Samelocation, 16 January 2002, B. Stark, 5 ♂, 2 ♀; Westville Creek, Hwy 43, 31 ° 52’ 80.0” N, 89 ° 57’ 47.3” W, 19 December 1992, B. Stark, 1 ♂ ; Bush Creek, Schoolhouse Road , 30 December 2002, B. Stark, 1 ♂ ; Rials Creek, Main Street , 31 ° 54’ 76.6” N, 89 ° 52’ 69.2” W, 12 February 1981, B. Stark, and J. McGuire, 1 ♀ ; Rials Creek, Merit, Hwy 43, 31 ° 55’ 65.3” N, 89 ° 54’ 60.4” W, 16 February 1979, B. Stark, 1 ♀ ; Samelocation , 19 December 1992, B. Stark, 9 ♂, 5 ♀ . Wilkinson Co., Tributary Foster Creek, Hwy 33 N of Hwy 563 jct, 22 January 1977, B. Stark and L. Temple, 1 ♂ .

Male epiproct. Epiproct a single, slender, cylindrical, probe, bearing an apical orifice ( Figs. 52, 55); dorsal surface relatively smooth but bearing a prominent suture; epiproct carried in an upright position in most specimens ( Fig. 54).

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Male tergal process. Abdominal tergum 8 without process, but tergum 9 bears a low knob lateral to epiproct on either side of segment ( Figs. 53, 55‐57).

Female subgenital plate. Abdominal sterna 7 and 8 completely separated by membrane. Mesalportion of sternum 8 divided intoa large, somewhat mushroom shaped anterior sclerite and a narrow, transverse posterior sclerite ( Figs. 58, 66).