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Author
Judson, Sarah W.
Author
Nelson, C. Riley
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-11-06
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journal article
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Isocapnia
DIAGNOSIS:
Adults are dark brown (
Fig. 48
) often with golden-brown rugosites (mottled patterning) behind the eyes and on the pronotum (
Fig. 50
). The male epiproct is long and narrow (
Fig. 51
), especially in comparison to
Capnia
and
Mesocapnia
. The epiproct is often characteristically shaped at the apex, although this can only be seen at high magnifications. The male has a ventral vesicle extending from sternum 9 (
Fig. 52
), which is similar to the vesicle of
Eucapnopsis
(
Fig. 45
) but more darkly sclerotized in
Isocapnia
. The female subgenital plate often has diagnostic sclerotization patterns (
Fig. 53
,
58
). The cerci of the nymph (
Fig. 24
) have long intrasegmental hairs in addition to shorter apical whorls. Later instar male nymphs have a posterior extension between the cerci encasing the developing epiproct.
DISTRIBUTION—Global:
Holarctic—
Regional:
AOB, IDB—
Aimag:
AR, BU^, KhD*, KhG^, SE^, TO^, UB^, ZA.
DISCUSSION
: The
Isocapnia
of
Mongolia
seem to be restricted to the
Selenge
(AOB) drainage (
Fig. 49
), with only a few specimens occurring in the eastern-most portions of the Internal Drainage basin. However, we suspect that this genus is more widespread due to the new record of
I. kudia
for
Mongolia
which demonstrates that members of this genus may be undersampled. Recently, the genus was revised by Zenger and Baumann (2004) and the Palearctic nymphs described and illustrated by Teselenko and Zhiltzova (2003).