Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 4853 No. 2: 22 Sept. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.8
Page range: 275–282
Abstract views: 100
PDF downloaded: 3

The first record of the family Chloroperlidae (Plecoptera) from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China, with description of a new species of Sweltsa Ricker, 1943 

Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China. Guangxi key laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety and National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant
Guangxi Maoershan National Nature Reserve, Guilin, Guangxi 541001, China.
Guangxi key laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety and National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China.
Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Plecoptera China Chloroperlidae Guangxi new species Sweltsa bilobata sp. nov.

Abstract

The family Chloroperlidae is reported from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China for the first time with a description of a new species of the genus Sweltsa, S. bilobata sp. nov. The new species is compared to two similar species.

 

References

  1. Chen, Z.T. & Du, Y.Z. (2017) A new species of Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from China, with a key to the Sweltsa males of China. Zootaxa, 4337 (2), 291–293.

    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.8

    DeWalt, R.E., Maehr, M.D., Hopkins, H., Neu-Becker, U. & Stueber, G. (2020) Plecoptera Species File Online. Version 5.0/5.0. Available from: http://Plecoptera.SpeciesFile.org (accessed 8 August 2020)

    Dong, W.B., Cui, J.X. & Li, W.H. (2018) A new species of Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from Sichuan Province of southwestern China. Zootaxa, 4418 (4), 388–392.

    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4418.4.5

    Li, W.H. & Yang, D. (2006) New species of Nemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from China. Zootaxa, 1137 (1), 53–61.

    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1137.1.3

    Li, W.H. & Yang, D. (2008) Two new species of Indonemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from China, with redescription of Indonemoura longiplatta (Wu, 1949), comb. n. Aquatic Insects, 30 (2), 97–103.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/01650420701882988

    Li, W.H., Pan, Z.H. & Liu, R.J (2017) Description of Sweltsa tibetensis sp. n. (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Zootaxa, 4365 (3), 378–384.

    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4365.3.6

    Li, W.H., Yang, J. & Yao, G. (2014) Review of the genus Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) in China. Journal of Insect Science, 14 (1), 286.

    https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu148

    Mo, R.R., Wang, G.Q., Yang, D. & Li, W.H. (2020a) A new species of the Indonemoura fujianensis complex (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China. Zootaxa, 4801 (2), 395–400.

    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.14

    Mo, R.R., Wang, G.Q., Yang, D. & Li, W.H. (2020b) Nemoura cucurbitata (Plecoptera: Nemouridae), a new stonefly species from Guangxi, China. Zootaxa, 4731 (1), 145–150.

    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4731.1.10

    Okamoto, H. (1912) Erster Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Japanischen Plecopteren. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society, 4, 105–170.

    Ricker, W.E. (1943) Stoneflies of southwest British Columbia. Indiana University Publications, Science Series, 12, 1–145.

    Stark, B.P. & Sivec, I. (2009) Sweltsa wui and Haploperla valentinae (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae), two new stoneflies from Sichuan Province, China. Illiesia, 5, 156–163.

    Surdick, R.F. (1985) Nearctic genera of Chloroperlinae (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Illinois Biological Monographs, 54. University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, Illinois, 146 pp.

    Tierno de Figueroa, J.M. & Fochetti, R. (2002) Sweltsa yunnan, sp. nov.; a new stonefly from China (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Oriental Insects, 36, 93–95.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2002.10417327

    Wu, C.F. (1938) Plecopterorum sinensium: A monograph of the stoneflies of China (Order Plecoptera). Yenching University, Beijing, 225 pp.

    Wu, C.F. (1973) New species of Chinese stoneflies (Order Plecoptera). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 16 (2), 97–116 + 8pls.

    Yang, D. & Li, W.H. (2018) Species catalogue of China. Volume 2 Animals, Insecta (III), Plecoptera. Science Press, Beijing, 71 pp.

    Yang, D., Li, W.H. & Zhu, F. (2015) Fauna Sinica, Insecta Vol. 58, Plecoptera: Nemouroidea. Science Press, Beijing, 518 pp.

    Zwick, P. (1971) Bemerkungen über die Gattung Sweltsa, mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 29, 40–43.

    https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.4820290404