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Issue: Vol. 4722 No. 3: 14 Jan. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-01-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.3.2
Page range: 234–240
Abstract views: 42
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Additions to Sphaeronemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Oriental China

Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003 China.
College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, China.
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China.
Plecoptera China new species Sphaeronemoura elephas (Zwick 1974) Sphaeronemoura multicurvata sp. n.

Abstract

A new species of the Amphinemurinae genus Sphaeronemoura is described, S. multicurvata sp. n., from Sichuan Province of southwestern China. The relationships with other related species are discussed. Sphaeronemoura elephas (Zwick, 1974) is also for the first time reported from Jiangxi Province of southeastern China.

 

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