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Issue: Vol. 4985 No. 4: 16 Jun. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.4
Page range: 493–512
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Two new species of Protonemura Kempny, 1898 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from the Italian Alps

Bd Joseph Vallier 55, F-38100 Grenoble, France
Petit-Berne 2, CH-2035 Corcelles, Switzerland
Largo O. Murani 4, I-20133 Milano MI, Italy
Plecoptera stoneflies, new species, Italy, Alps, Protonemura bispina sp. n., Protonemura pennina sp. n.

Abstract

Two new species of Protonemura Kempny, 1898, P. bispina sp. n. and P. pennina sp. n., from the Eastern and Western Italian Alps, respectively, are described and illustrated. Further information on distribution and ecological preferences of these new species is provided. The species Protonemura auberti Illies, 1954 is re-described from topotypical material.

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