A new genus and species of winter stoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from Southwest China, with a commented checklist of the family in the Oriental Realm

DÁVID MURÁNYI; WEIHAI LI; DING YANG

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.8

Issue: Vol. 4059 No. 2: 22 Dec. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-22

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.8

Page range: 371–382

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A new genus and species of winter stoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from Southwest China, with a commented checklist of the family in the Oriental Realm

DÁVID MURÁNYI⁺⁻
WEIHAI LI⁺⁻
DING YANG⁺⁻

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho 3, Matsuyama, 790-8577 Japan.

Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003 China.

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China.

Plecoptera Sinocapnia kuankuoshui gen. n. sp. n. Guizhou Province Himalayan region distributions

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Abstract

A new genus and species of the family Capniidae (Plecoptera), Sinocapnia kuankuoshui gen. n., sp. n. is described from the adult male and a female collected in Guizhou Province of southwest China. The new taxon is distinguished from all extant Capniidae genera and the assemblage of species currently included in Capnia sensu lato by combination of unique genitalic, wing, and thoracic sclerites characters. No closely related taxon is indicated on the basis of morphological characters. An annotated checklist of the family Capniidae from the Oriental Realm is given.