Allocapnia stannardi Ross, 1964

Stark, Bill P. & Kondratieff, Boris C., 2012, Epiproct And Dorsal Process Structure In The Allocapnia Forbesi Frison, A. Pygmaea (Burmeister), And A. Rickeri Frison Species Groups (Plecoptera: Capniidae), And Inclusion Of A. Minima (Newport) In A New Species Group, Illiesia 8 (5), pp. 45-77 : 72

Allocapnia stannardi Ross

( Figs. 109-114 )

Allocapnia stannardi Ross 1964:174.

Holotype ♂ (Illinois Natural History Survey), 1 mile east Walker Prong Branch, Sevier Co., Great Smoky Mountain National Park , Tennessee

Allocapnia stannardi: Ross & Ricker, 1971:42 .

Allocapnia stannardi: Kondratieff & Kirchner, 1982:243 .

Material examined. Tennessee: Sevier Co., 1 mile W New Found Gap , 14 March 2006, B. Stark, 2♂, 1♀ ( BPS) . Sevier Co., tributary Walkers Camp Fork, Hwy 441, Great Smoky Mountain National Park , 26 February 2001, B.C. Kondratieff, R.F. Kirchner, R.E. Zuellig , 12♂, 14♀ ( CSUC) .

Male epiproct. Apical segment of upper limb ca. 257 μm long and armed on the apical ca. 195 μm with dense patch of wave-like spikes ( Figs. 109-112 ); apical segment ca. 179 μm wide at base, gradually constricted to a narrowly rounded tip. Basal segment of upper limb ca. 297 μm long and ca. 105 μm wide near midlength; basal segment bears a shallow, longitudinal groove, extending from base to beyond midlength. Greatest width of lower limb ca. 155 μm; margins of lower limb adjacent to notch lined with sparse row of long setae.

Male tergal process. Prominent raised structures on abdominal terga 7-8 ( Figs. 113-114 ); process on tergum 8 deeply bilobed, ca. 168 μm wide, and covered with scale-like structures; notch of process ca. 76 μm wide. Process of tergum 7 upright, slender, slightly notched on dorsal margin and not bearing scale-like structures; tergum 7 process ca. 68 μm wide.

Figures

Figs. 109-114. Allocapnia stannardi, 1 mile W Newfound Gap, Sevier Co., Tennessee. 109. Male terminalia, dorsal. 110. Apical segment upper limb of epiproct tip, dorsal. 111. Surface detail apical segment upper limb of epiporct, dorsal. 112. Male terminalia, lateral. 113. Abdominal tergal processes, dorsal. 114. Abdominal tergal processes, anterodorsal.