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Issue: Vol. 5093 No. 2: 26 Jan. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-01-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.2.6
Page range: 233-240
Abstract views: 294
PDF downloaded: 18

A new species of the genus Claassenia (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from 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
School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China 2Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Plecoptera Claassenia qingzanga Xiang Huo & Du 2021 brachypterous Tibet Qinghai Province

Abstract

A new species, Claassenia qingzanga Xiang, Huo & Du, sp. nov. is described from Tibet and Qinghai Province of western China, this is the first record of Claassenia in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Males of the new species are brachypterous, the apex of the aedeagus with tiny spines dorsally and with dense protrusion laterally. The new species is compared to all regional Claassenia.

 

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