Bolshecapnia sasquatchi
Creators: name: Baumann, Richard W.
name: Potter, David S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Capniidae
Bolshecapnia
Bolshecapnia sasquatchi

description: <i>Bolshecapnia sasquatchi</i> (Ricker) (Figs. 1-6, 13, 14) <i>Capnia</i> (<i>Bolshecapnia</i>) <i>sasquatchi</i> Ricker, 1965:482. Holotype &amp;male; (Canadian National Collection). Fraser River, Agassiz, British Columbia. <i>Bolshecapnia sasquatchi</i>: Ricker &amp; Scudder, 1975:338. <b>Material examined.</b> All available specimens of <i>B. sasquatchi</i> were examined as part of this study. The following locality records represent <i>B. sasquatchi</i>. CANADA, British Columbia: Fraser River, Agassiz, 21 February 1958, W.E. Ricker, 1 &amp;male;, Holotype (CNCI); Similkameen River, Cambie Creek Ski Area, Manning Provincial Park, 19 March 1983, S.G. Cannings, 1 &amp;male; (SMDV); Skagit River, Manning Provincial Park, 18 March 1983, S.G. Cannings, 1 &amp;male; (SMDV). UNITED STATES, Washington: Lewis Co., Ohanapecosh River, Hwy 143, Mount Rainier National Park, 17 March 1970, D.S. Potter and R.A. Haick, 2 &amp;male; (BYUC); 16 March 1973, D.S. Potter and L.M. Preble, 1 &amp;male; (BYUC). Whatcom Co., Razor Hone Creek, Hwy 542, Mount Baker, 4 March 1967, K.E. Vander Mey, 2 &amp;male;, 6 &amp;female; (BYUC). <b>Female.</b> Body and wings dark brown to black, wings fumose, macropterous; length of forewings 8.5-9.5 mm; length of body 7.5-9.0 mm. Subgenital plate broader than long, with only a few hairs on lateral margins, posterior margin straight and not notched (Figs. 13-14). <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Bolshecapnia sasquatchi</i> has a relatively short epiproct and the tip does not reach the margin of tergum eight in relaxed specimens. The dorsal plate is large and broad and extends to nearly ½ the length of the epiproct. The basal lobe is directed upward very slightly in a sinuate shape and ends in a broad apex. The tip is rounded dorsally and shaped like an upside down foot laterally (Figs. 1-6). The female subgenital plate of <i>B. sasquatchi</i> has a straight posterior margin, while in <i>B. missiona</i> it has a notch. Nebeker and Gaufin (1967) do not mention the median posterior notch in the subgenital plate in their description, nor is it shown in their illustration. However, we examined a large number of specimens from Montana and all had the notch.
description: Published as part of <i>Baumann, Richard W. &amp; Potter, David S., 2007, What Is Bolshecapnia Sasquatchi Ricker? Plus A New Species Of Bolshecapnia From Montana (Plecoptera: Capniidae), pp. 157-162 in Illiesia 3 (15)</i> on pages 158-159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4754713
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