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Issue: Vol. 4375 No. 2: 24 Jan. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.2.8
Page range: 281–286
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 1

A remarkable new species of Nemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, China

Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control of Yunnan Province, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control of Yunnan Province, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
Plecoptera Nemouridae Nemoura new species China

Abstract

A new species of the genus Nemoura, N. latilongispina sp. nov. from Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, southwestern China is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by ventral sclerite of epiproct extended laterally, forming upcurved plates fringed with long spines along upper margin, and by the strongly sclerotized, fork-shaped cercus.

 

 

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