Capnia

Murányi, Dávid, Li, Weihai & Yang, Ding, 2015, A new genus and species of winter stoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from Southwest China, with a commented checklist of the family in the Oriental Realm, Zootaxa 4059 (2), pp. 371-382 : 377-378

Capnia s.l. cordata species group sensu Zhiltzova 2001

This group is restricted to the high mountains of Asia with fourteen known species ( Li & Yang 2009, Li et al. 2011, Murányi et al. 2014, Zhiltzova 2003). Five species are known from the Palaearctic: four from the Tien Shan and Pamir ranges ( Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan), and one from the northeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Gansu Province of China). The further nine species are known from the Oriental Realm:

Capnia s.l. cordata Kimmins, 1946

Kimmins 1946: description of male, holotype from Tibet Autonomous Region of China: Shigatse prefecture. Zwick & Sivec 1980: complementary description of male and description of female from type and new materials from Nepal: Dhawalagiri Zone.

It has a relatively wide distribution in the Central (Eastern) Himalayas.

Capnia s.l. hingstoni Kimmins, 1946

Kimmins 1946: description of male and female, syntypes from Sikkim State of India: East Sikkim District. Hitherto known only from the type specimens.

Capnia s.l. manni Jewett, 1958

Jewett 1958: description of male and female, holotype, allotype and paratypes from Himachal Pradesh State of India: Lahaul and Spiti District.

Jewett 1960: further records from the same District of Himachal Pradesh. Kawai 1966: complementary description of male, and first record from Pakistan: Hindukush ranges (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province).

Jewett 1970: further records from the same District of Himachal Pradesh. Jewett 1975: first records from Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh.

It has a relatively wide distribution from the Western Himalayas to the Hindukush.

Capnia s.l. montana Kimmins, 1946

Kimmins 1946: description of female, holotype from Sikkim State of India: North Sikkim District. Capnia swani Jewett, 1975 : description of male and female, holotype, allotype and paratypes from Nepal: Kosi Zone.

Zwick & Sivec 1980: synonymy of C. swani , complementary description of male and female, and description of larva from type and new materials from Nepal: Bagmati and Gandaki zones.

It has a relatively wide distribution in the Central (Eastern) Himalayas.

Capnia s.l. montivaga Kimmins, 1946

Kimmins 1946: description of female, holotype from Tibet Autonomous Region of China: Shigatse Prefecture. Sivec 1982: first record from Nepal: Sagarmantha Zone.

Known only from females, all from the vicinity of Mt. Everest (Mahalangur Himalaya).

Capnia s.l. tibetana Kimmins, 1946

Kimmins 1946: description of male and female, syntypes from Tibet Autonomous Region of China: Shigatse Prefecture.

Hitherto known only from the type specimens.

Capnia s.l. triangulipennis Jewett, 1975

Jewett 1975: description of male, holotype from Nepal: Kosi zone. Capnia nepalensis Harper, 1977 : description of male and female, holotype, allotype and paratypes from Nepal: Bagmati zone.

Zwick & Sivec 1980: synonymy of C. nepalensis , notes on male and female from type and new materials from Nepal: Bagmati and Dhawalagiri zones.

It has a relatively wide distribution in the Central (Eastern) Himalayas.

Capnia s.l. yunnana Li & Yang, 2011

Li & Yang 2011: description of male an female, holotype and paratypes from Yunnan province of China: Diqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Hitherto known only from the type specimens.

Capnia s.l. sp., unassociated female sensu Li & Yang 2009

Li & Yang 2009: formal description of female, from Sichuan province of China: Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.

This member of the cordata group clearly represents a new species, but it was not named because only a single

female specimen is available.