Capnia lacustra Jewett, 1965
Lake Tahoe (benthic) stonefly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Capnia sp. Jewett, 1963
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1961-1964?; 1994 (Suckling et al. 2004)
Distribution
California & Nevada, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Jewett, S. G. (1965). Four new stoneflies from California and Oregon. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 41: 5-9.
Other references:
Allen, B.C., R.C. Richards, C. Wagoner, and C.R. Goldman. 2002. Lake Tahoe's benthic stonefly, Capni lacustra, extinct or extant? Final Report, November 2002. Division of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis.
Frantz, T. C., and A. J. Cordone. (1996). Observations on the Macrobenthos of Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada. California Fish and Game 82(1): 1-41.
Jewett, S. G. (1963). A Stonefly Aquatic in the Adult Stage. Science 139: 484-885.
Nelson, C. Riley and Baumann, Richard W. (1989). Systematics and distribution of the winter stonefly genus Capnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae) in North America. The Great Basin Naturalist 49(3): 289-363. [p. 326]
Stark. B P.. S W. Szczytko, and R W Baumann. (1986). North American stoneflies (Plecoptera): systematics, distribution, and taxonomie references. Great Basin Naturalist 46: 383-397.
Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.