Allocapnia fumosa

Allocapnia fumosa is a stonefly in the family Capniidae.[2] It is commonly known as the Smokies snowfly and is found in the Eastern United States,[3][4] including North Carolina,[5] Tennessee,[6] and Virginia.[7] It is found in the Great Smoky Mountains,[8] and its species name is Latin for "smoky."[9]

Smokies stonefly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Plecoptera
Family:
Capniidae
Genus:
Allocapnia
Species:
A. fumosa
Binomial name
Allocapnia fumosa
Ross, 1964[1]

It is a small, winged insect found at fast, rocky streams at high elevations.[10] It was first described by Ross in 1964.[11]

References
  1. "Allocapnia fumosa". Interagency Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. "Allocapnia fumosa". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. "Allocapnia fumosa". Discover Life. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. "Smokies snowfly (Allocapnia fumosa)". US Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  5. "The Southeast Freshwater Extinction Crisis: North Carolina". Center for Biological Diversity. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. "The Southeast Freshwater Extinction Crisis: Tennessee". Center for Biological Diversity. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  7. "The Southeast Freshwater Extinction Crisis: Virginia". Center for Biological Diversity. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  8. Don Kirk (2014). Hatches & Fly Patterns of the Great Smoky Mountains. Stackpole Books. p. 66.
  9. Charlton T. Lewis; Charles Short. "fumosus". Perseus. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  10. Herbert H. Ross; William E. Ricker. "The classification, evolution, and dispersal of the winter stonefly genus Allocapnia" (PDF). University of Illinois Press. p. 26-27. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  11. "Allocapnia fumosa - Ross, 1964". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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