Sierracapnia shepardi Bottorff &amp; Baumann 2015
Creators: name: Bottorff, Richard L.
name: Baumann, Richard W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Capniidae
Sierracapnia
Sierracapnia shepardi

description: <i>Sierracapnia shepardi</i> (Nelson and Baumann 1987) (Figs. 17-20) <i>Sierracapnia shepardi</i> (Nelson and Baumann 1987):495. Holotype &amp;male; (USNM). Type locality: California, Mono Co., Lee Vining Creek, Lee Vining Campground. <b>Material Examined. USA, California: Inyo Co.,</b> Little Cottonwood Creek, 9400’, Sierra Nevada Range, 2-IV-1985, D. Giuliani, 1&amp;female; (BYUC); North Fork Big Pine Creek, 9200’, Sierra Nevada Range, 16-IV-1985, D. Giuliani, 1&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; (BYUC); North Fork Big Pine Creek, 8800’, Sierra Nevada Range, 13-IV- 1986, D. Giuliani, 7&amp;male;, 5&amp;female; (BYUC); Rock Creek, 10,200’, 13-V-1985, D. Giuliani, 6&amp;male;, 11&amp;female; (BYUC). <b>Mariposa Co.,</b> Chilnualna Creek, above Wawona, 18-III-1985, R.W. Baumann &amp; C.R. Nelson, 1&amp;male; (BYUC). <b>Mono Co.,</b> Lee Vining Creek, Lee Vining Campground, 14-III-1985, R. W. Baumann &amp; C.R. Nelson, 16&amp;male;, 2&amp;female; (USNM, BYUC); Lee Vining Creek, 7100-7600’, 2-III-1987, D. Giuliani, 74&amp;male;, 49&amp;female; (BYUC); Lower Horse Meadow, 1.5 mi S Lee Vining, 7200’, 23-II-1988, D. Giuliani, 17&amp;male;, 23&amp;female; (BYUC); Parker Creek, 5.5 mi S Lee Vining, 7200’, 23-II-1988, D. Giuliani, 7&amp;male; (BYUC); Parker Creek, 17-II-1989, D. Giuliani, 39&amp;male;, 27&amp;female; (includes 3 mating pairs) (BYUC); North Fork Parker Creek, 6 mi S 1.5 mi W, Lee Vining, 7600’, 23-II-1988, D. Giuliani, 9&amp;male;, 23&amp;female; (BYUC); Walker Creek, 4.1 mi S 0.1 mi W Lee Vining, 23-II-1988, D. Giuliani, 26&amp;male;, 25&amp;female; (BYUC). <b>Nevada Co.,</b> Donner Creek, W Truckee, 21-II-1985, R.W. Baumann &amp; C.R. Nelson, 1&amp;male; (BYUC); South Fork Yuba River, Soda Springs, 18-III-1984, W.D. Shepard, 15 &amp;male; (BYUC). <b>Placer Co.,</b> South Fork Yuba River, Hwy 80, Cisco Grove, 8-IV-1978, R.D. Williams, 1&amp;male;, 2&amp;female; (BYUC); South Fork Yuba River, Hwy I-80. Cisco Grove, 21-IV-1987, R.W. Baumann, C.R. Nelson &amp; S.A. Wells, 2&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; (BYUC). <b>Sierra Co.,</b> North Fork Yuba River, Hwy 49, W Yuba Pass, 29-V-1991, R.W. Baumann &amp; B.P. Stark, 1&amp;female; (BYUC). <b>Male.</b> Tergum 7 knob wide and often divided into right and left lobes, knob width 29-32% of segment 7 width (Figs. 17, 19). Epiproct in dorsal view with nearly uniform width along length, maximum width 17-25% of epiproct length; maximum width occurs near mid epiproct; apex broadly rounded and with median posterior-projecting triangular lobe (Fig. 17 and see Fig. 19 in Nelson and Baumann 1987); dorsal membrane dark gray or black, sometimes lighter at tip. Epiproct in lateral view with pronounced reverse (S-shaped) curve, the dorsal surface concave in anterior half and convex in posterior half; ventral surface deeply curved; maximum depth 18-20% of length; maximum depth occurs anterior of mid epiproct; neck narrow (Fig. 18). Epiproct dorsolateral horns closely appressed to main dorsal surface; horn length 14-18% epiproct length; horn tips extend forward to 80-86% of epiproct length (Figs. 18, 20; Table 1). <b>Female.</b> Subgenital plate heavily sclerotized and dark; plate covers entire width of sternum 8 from its posterior to anterior edge; subgenital plate often with small lateral notches; sclerotization extends onto sternum 7 (Fig. 247, Nelson and Baumann 1989). <b>Distribution.</b> <i>Sierracapnia shepardi</i> occurs in the central and southern Sierra Nevada, California (Fig. 40).
description: Published as part of <i>Bottorff, Richard L. &amp; Baumann, Richard W., 2015, Sierracapnia, A New Genus Of Capniidae (Plecoptera) From Western North America, pp. 104-125 in Illiesia 11 (9)</i> on pages 114-115, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4757677
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