Larvae Of The Winter Stonefly Genus Allocapnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae) In Mississippi, Usa
Author
Stark, Bill P.
Author
Lacey, Joe W.
text
Illiesia
2005
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journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4754442
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Provisional Key for Larval
Mississippi
Capniidae
(
A. polemistis
unknown)
1. Apical cercal segments with vertical fringe of
bristles along dorsal and ventral margins of each segment…………………….…….
Nemocapnia carolina
Apical cercal segment with terminal bristle whorls on each segment, vertical fringe absent (
Figs. 11-12
)……………………..……….………
Allocapnia
, 2
2. Erect bristles, seen in lateral aspect, restricted to posterior margins of most abdominal terga (
Fig. 6
) ……………………………………………….…..……..3
Lateral aspect of most abdominal terga with an additional erect or semi-erect bristle, or bristles, near midlength (
Fig. 32
) …………………………………..4
3. Posterolateral aspect of developing male 10
th
tergal margin truncate, dorsal margin straight (
Fig. 15
) ……..……………………………….……
A. mystica
Posterolateral aspect of developing male 10
th
tergal margin slanted, dorsal margin with pre-apical elevation (
Fig. 5
) ……………………………..
A. aurora
4. Posterolateral aspect of developing male 10
th
tergum bent upward in apical third; lobe portion of tergum 10 distal to cercal bases about twice as long as tergum proximal to cercal bases; longest erect tergal bristles about half as long as tergum ..….…
A. rickeri
Lateral aspect of developing male 10
th
tergum straight on dorsum; lobe portion of tergum 10 distal to cercal bases no more than 1.5 times as long as tergum proximal to cercal bases; longest erect tergal bristles about 1/3 as long as tergum ….…………….5
5. Lateral aspect of developing male 10
th
tergum slanted along posterior margin (
Fig. 31
); longest tergal bristles almost half as long as tergum (
Fig. 32
) …..………………………..……………….
A. virginiana
Lateral aspect of developing male 10
th
tergum almost truncate apically (
Fig. 21
); longest tergal bristles about 1/3 as long as tergum (
Fig. 22
).…….6
6. Erect and semi-erect tergal bristles irregularly distributed along tergal length ………...
A. granulata
Erect and semi-erect tergal bristles restricted to apical and midlength positions (
Fig. 22
).
A. starki