Paracapnia opis
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Paracapnia opis, the northeastern snowfly, is a species of small winter stonefly in the family Capniidae.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/261036|title=Paracapnia opis Species Information|website=BugGuide.net|accessdate=2018-02-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102806|title=Paracapnia opis Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-02-01}} It is found in North America. Described by Edward Newman in 1839, it was the first known insect in the genus Paracapnia.{{cite book | title = A Guide to Insects | publisher = Blackwell | edition = 1st | author = Eric Tentarelli | date = 2012 | page = 292}} It is synonymous with Paracapnia curvata (Hanson, 1946).{{cite web | title = The winter stonefly genus Paracapnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae) | author = B. P. Stark and R. W. Bauman | date = 2004 | url = http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3398/1545-0228-2.1.96 | publisher = BioOne | accessdate = 30 June 2018}}
References
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- DeWalt R, Cao Y, Tweddale T, Grubbs S, Hinz L, Pessino M, Robinson J (2012). "Ohio USA stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera): species richness estimation, distribution of functional niche traits, drainage affiliations, and relationships to other states". ZooKeys 178: 1-26.
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book| author = Ross H. Arnett| date = 30 July 2000| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico| publisher = CRC Press| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1}}
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Category:Taxa named by Edward Newman
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