Abstract
Zwicknia acuta is reported for the first time from the South-Eastern Carpathians (Romania and Ukraine). Additionally, another stonefly species, Zwicknia kovacsi, previously described from Romania, is added to the Plecoptera fauna of Ukraine. New faunistic data are presented for two other winter-active species, Capnia vidua rilensis and Zwicknia bifrons. Based on a combination of personal and literature data we present a checklist of Capniidae from Romania and provide a key for them.
Highlights
Capniidae is a holarctic Plecoptera family, with mostly winter-emerging species, known as winter stoneflies
Those authors changed the taxonomic status of Capnia bifrons (Newmann, 1838) and included it in a newly emerged genus, Zwicknia Murányi, 2014 (Murányi et al 2014a)
The recently published revisionary work of Muranyi et al (2014a) adds only a single new species to the Carpathian fauna, Zwicknia kovacsi, described from the Rodnei Mountains, Eastern Carpathians, Romania and changed the taxonomic status of Capnia bifrons to Zwicknia bifrons (Newman, 1838)
Summary
Capniidae is a holarctic Plecoptera family, with mostly winter-emerging species, known as winter stoneflies. A major revision of Capniidae based on a combination of morphology, genetic and behaviour data (drumming signals) were initiated by Murányi et al (2014a). Those authors changed the taxonomic status of Capnia bifrons (Newmann, 1838) and included it in a newly emerged genus, Zwicknia Murányi, 2014 (Murányi et al 2014a). The recently published revisionary work of Muranyi et al (2014a) adds only a single new species to the Carpathian fauna, Zwicknia kovacsi, described from the Rodnei Mountains, Eastern Carpathians, Romania and changed the taxonomic status of Capnia bifrons to Zwicknia bifrons (Newman, 1838)
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