Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942

Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942 View in CoL

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Allocapnia rickeri is commonly known as the Midwest Snowfly ( Stark et al. 2012). This widespread species is known from Quebec and Ontario south to Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, southwest to Kansas and Oklahoma, and west to Minnesota. This species is common throughout its range, especially in the Midwestern USA ( Ross and Ricker 1971, DeWalt et al. 2024). Historical and recent collections of adults have occurred in the state from mid-February through mid-April (Fig. 7 View Figure 7 ). In New York, records are available at elevations ranging from 6 to 464 m asl (Fig. 9 View Figure 9 ), from streams in Level IV Ecoregions Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau (60 a), Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges (60 d), Glaciated Allegheny Hills (60 e), Cattaraugus Hills (60 f), Low Lime Drift Plain (61 c), Hackensack Meadowlands (64 g), and Erie / Ontario Lake Plain (83 a) (Fig. 12 a View Figure 12 a ).