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Issue: Vol. 4170 No. 1: 22 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.12
Page range: 187–193
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 1

A remarkable new species of winter stonefly (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from Southeastern China

School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Plecoptera Capniidae Capnia sensu lato new species China

Abstract

A new species of the genus Capnia s.l., C. zijinshana Du & Chen, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Jiangsu Province, of southeastern China. The new species is distinguished from other known Chinese capniid species by the unique thoracic sclerites and genitalic characters.

 

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