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Issue: Vol. 4362 No. 4: 7 Dec. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-12-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.4.8
Page range: 589–600
Abstract views: 60
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the genus Soliperla (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae) from China with description of a new species

School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 25009, China
School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 25009, China Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 25009, China
Administration of Wanglang Nature Reserve of Sichuan, Pingwu 622550, China
Plecoptera Peltoperlidae Soliperla new species China

Abstract

The genus Soliperla Ricker, 1952 has been considered endemic to western North America, is now reported from Sichuan Province of southwestern China. In this paper, we describe a new species, S. wanglanga Huo & Du, sp. nov. The new species is characterized by a large inverted trapezoid sclerite on tergum 10, a bilobed aedeagal apex, and large dark areas on the frontoclypeus in the adult male. The nymph has conspicuous pale areas on terga 4–7.

 

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