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Issue: Vol. 1154 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1154.1.4
Page range: 41–48
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of Amphinemura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) with a key to the species from Guizhou Province, China

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Plecoptera Nemouridae Amphinemura new species Guizhou

Abstract

The genus Amphinemura of the family Nemouridae is recorded from Guizhou Province for the first time. Three new species, Amphinemura cordiformis sp. nov., Amphinemura guizhouensis sp. nov. and Amphinemura malleicapitata sp. nov., are described and keyed. Their diagnostic characteristics are compared with close relatives.

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