Allocapnia minima (Barnston, 1848)

Allocapnia minima (Barnston, 1848) View in CoL

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Allocapnia minima is commonly referred to as the Boreal Snowfly ( Stark et al. 2012). This species is a common inhabitant of the Northern Boreal Forest. Records extend in Canada from the island of Newfoundland west to Ontario and in the USA from Maine west to Minnesota ( Ross and Ricker 1971, DeWalt et al. 2024). This species is known to hybridize in localized populations with closely related A. maria ( Hanson 1960, Ross and Ricker 1971). Adults of this species are present in New York from mid-February through late May (Fig. 7 View Figure 7 ). This species occupies a wide range of elevations from 6-616 m asl (Fig. 9 View Figure 9 ) and is common and abundant in the Adirondacks and surrounding valleys (Fig. 11 a View Figure 11 a ) and often associated with A. pygmaea in Adirondack rivers ( Myers et al. 2011). This species was also recently collected and reared from small headwater Adirondack streams.