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Issue: Vol. 4418 No. 4: 9 May 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.4.5
Page range: 388–392
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from Sichuan Province of southwestern China

Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Plecoptera Chloroperlidae

Abstract

A new chloroperlid stonefly species, Sweltsa brevihamula sp. nov. from Sichuan Province of southwestern China is described and illustrated. We also provide a provisional key to the known Sweltsa males of China.

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