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Issue: Vol. 4550 No. 3: 25 Jan. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-01-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.3.9
Page range: 423–427
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A new species of Dinotoperla Tillyard, 1921 from the Shoalhaven Catchment, New South Wales, Australia (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae)

Research Associate, Australian Museum Research Institute Australian Museum, 1 Williams Street, Sydney, NSW 2010 Australia. Research Fellow, Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW Department of Planning and Environment, PO Box 29, Lidcombe, NSW 1825 Australia.
Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, La Trobe University, PO Box 821, Wodonga, VIC 3689, Australia.
Plecoptera Gripopterygidae Dinotoperla new species Australia

Abstract

Dinotoperla cherylae sp. nov. (Holotype ♂: New South Wales, Upper Kangaroo River, 34.672998oS/150.601391oE, 14-Dec-2017) is described from the Shoalhaven Catchment in New South Wales, Australia. The affinities and phylogenetic relationships of the new species are discussed.

 

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