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Issue: Vol. 4565 No. 2: 8 Mar. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.12
Page range: 281–291
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the fossil genus Largusoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae): Annotated checklist, taxonomic identification, and description of a new species

School of Grain Science and Technology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212004, China.
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, 1 Beichen West Road, Beijing 100101, China.
Plecoptera Largusoperla review new species

Abstract

The fossil stonefly genus Largusoperla Chen et al., 2018 is reviewed. An annotated checklist including diagnostic characters and an updated identification key to all currently known species of this genus are provided. Generic characters of Largusoperla are summarized based on all available specimens and published descriptions. In addition, a new species of this genus, L. reni sp. nov. is described, illustrated, and compared with similar taxa.

 

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