Allocapnia nivicola

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Allocapnia nivicola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Capniidae
Genus: Allocapnia
Species:
A. nivicola
Binomial name
Allocapnia nivicola
(Fitch, 1847)

Allocapnia nivicola, the brook snowfly, is a species of small winter stonefly in the family Capniidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Allocapnia nivicola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Allocapnia nivicola". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. DeWalt, R.E.; Maehr, M.D.; Neu-Becker, U.; Stueber, G. (2019). "species Allocapnia nivicola (Fitch, 1847)". Plecoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.