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Issue: Vol. 4706 No. 3: 10 Dec. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.3.3
Page range: 427–438
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 1

Microperla qinlinga Chen reviewed with supplementary illustrations and the description of the nymph

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 Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Microperla Peltoperlidae aedeagus nymph Plecoptera China

Abstract

Microperla qinlinga Chen, 2019 was recently described, but details of the aedeagus were not included in the original description. In this paper, the male aedeagus and nymph of M. qinlinga are described for the first time. Additional information concerning the genus Microperla Chu, 1928 is discussed.

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