Abstract
A new species of the genus Suwallia Ricker, 1943, S. kuandian sp. nov., from Liaoning Province of northeastern China is described, illustrated, and compared with similar species. Suwallia asiatica Zhiltzova & Levanidova, 1978 is reported for the first time from China. Additionally, Sweltsa illiesi Zhiltzova & Levanidova, 1978 and the chloroperlid genus Alaskaperla Stewart & DeWalt, 1991 are reported for the first time from China. The habitus and diagnostic features of these species are illustrated with color images.
References
Alexander, K.D. & Stewart, K.W. (1999) Revision of the genus Suwallia Ricker (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 125 (3), 185–250. Available from: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25078681 (accessed 29 October 2021)
Wu, C.F. (1938) Plecopterorum sinensium: A monograph of the stoneflies of China (Order Plecoptera). Yenching University, Beijing, 225 pp.
Chen, Z.T. & Du, Y.Z. (2015) A new species of Suwallia (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from China. Zootaxa, 4018 (2), 297–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4018.2.9
Chen, Z.T. & Du, Y.Z. (2017) A new species of Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from China, with a key to the Sweltsa males of China. Zootaxa, 4337 (2), 291–293. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.8
Chen, Z.T. (2019) Review of the genus Suwallia (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from China with description of Suwallia jihuae sp. nov. from Sichuan Province. Zootaxa, 4603 (3), 583–588. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4603.3.11
Dong, W.B., Cui, J.X. & Li, W.H. (2018) A new species of Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from Sichuan Province of southwestern China. Zootaxa, 4418 (4), 388–392. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.8
DeWalt, R.E., Maehr, M.D., Neu-Becker, U. & Stueber, G. (2021) Plecoptera Species File Online. Version 5.0/5.0. Available from: http://plecoptera.speciesfile.org (accessed 25 October 2021)
Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich, 82, I–XXX+1–631.
Judson, S.W. & Nelson, C.R. (2012) A guide to Mongolian stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera). Zootaxa, 3541 (1), 1–118. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3541.1.1
Kawai, T. (1967) Fauna Japonica Plecoptera (Insecta). Biogeographical Society of Japan, Tokyo, 211 pp.
Levanidova, I.M. & Zhiltzova, L.A. (1976) Vesnianki (Plecoptera) Chukotkogo poluostrova. Presnovodnaia fauna Chukotkogo poluostrova, Akademia Nauk SSSR Trudy Biologo-pocvenogo Instituta, Vladivostok, 36 (139), 15–37.
Li, W.H., Yang, J. & Yao, G. (2014) Review of the genus Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) in China. Journal of Insect Science, 14 (1), 286. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu148
Li, W.H., Murányi, D. & Li, S. (2015) The first record of genus Suwallia Ricker 1943 (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from China. Illiesia, 11 (3), 23–28. Available from: http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia11-03.pdf (accessed 29 October 2021)
Li, W.H., Murányi, D. & Li, S. (2015) New species records of Suwallia Ricker 1943 (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from China, with description of the nymph of S. decolorata Zhiltzova & Levanidova 1978. Zootaxa, 3994 (4), 556–564. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.4
Li, W.H., Pan, Z.H. & Liu, R.J. (2017) Description of Sweltsa tibetensis sp. n. (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Zootaxa, 4365 (3), 378–384. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4365.3.6
Li, W.L., Wang, Y.Y., Wang, Y. & Li, W.H. (2021) A new species of Suwallia Ricker, 1943 from Japan, and the identity of Alloperla teleckojensis Šámal, 1939 (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Zootaxa, 5040 (4), 575–581. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.7
Mo, R.R., Ye, J.P., Wang, G.Q. & Li, W.H. (2020) The first record of the family Chloroperlidae (Plecoptera) from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China, with description of a new species of Sweltsa Ricker, 1943. Zootaxa, 4853 (2), 275–282. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.8
Okamoto, H. (1912) Erster Beiträg zur Kenntnis der Japanischer Plecopteren. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society, 4, 105–170.
Raušer, J. (1968) 67. Plecoptera. Ergebnisse der zoologischen Forschungen von Dr. Z. Kaszab in der Mongolei. Entomologische Abhandlungen, 34 (5), 329–398.
Ricker, W.E. (1943) Stoneflies of southwest British Columbia. Indiana University Publications, Science Series, 12, 1–145.
Ricker, W.E. (1965) New Records and Descriptions of Plecoptera (Class Insecta). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 22 (2), 475–501. https://doi.org/10.1139/f65-045
Šámal, J. (1939) Contributions a l’étude de la faune des Plécoptères d’ Altaï. Věstník Československé společnosti zoologické, 6–7, 419–426.
Stewart, K.W., DeWalt, R.E. & Oswood, M.W. (1991) Alaskaperla, a new stonefly genus (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae), and further descriptions of related Chloroperlidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 84, 239–247. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/84.3.239
Surenkhorloo, P. (2009) Updated species list of stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Mongolia. Aquatic Insects, 31 (Supplement 1), 707–720. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650420903146364
Stark, B.P. & Sivec, I. (2009) Sweltsa wui and Haploperla valentinae (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae), two new stoneflies from Sichuan Province, China. Illiesia, 5, 156–163. Available from: http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/Papers/Illiesia05-14.pdf (accessed 29 October 2021)
Tierno de Figueroa, J.M. & Fochetti, R. (2002) Sweltsa yunnan, sp. nov.; a new stonefly from China (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Oriental Insects, 36, 93–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2002.10417327
Teslenko, V.A. & Zhiltzova, L.A. (2009) Key to the stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) of Russia and adjacent countries. Imagines and nymphs. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 382 pp. [in Russian]
Teslenko, V.A. (2009) Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Russian Far East: diversity and zoogeography. Aquatic Insects, 31 (Supplement 1), 693–706. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650420902812230
Zhiltzova, L.A. & Levanidova, I.M. (1978) Novie vidi vesnianok (Plecoptera) s Dalnego Vostoka. Novie vidi Zivotnih, Akademia Nauk SSSR Trudy Zoologicheskogo instituta, 61, 3–29.
Zhiltzova, L.A. (1978) New species of stone-flies of the family Chloroperlidae (Plecoptera) from the Far East. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 57 (3), 543–547.
Zhiltzova, L.A. (1995) Katalog tipovyh ekzemplyarov kollektsii zoologicheskogo instituta RAN. Vesnyanki (Plecoptera). SPB, St. Petersburg, 37 pp.
Zwick, P. (1972) Alloperla joosti nov. spec. und Andere Asiatische Chloroperlidae (Plecoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, 48 (1), 35–39. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19720480105
Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera. Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich, 94, 1–465.
Zwick, P. (2007) Intercontinental disjunction in Alaskaperla (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae). Aauatic Insects, 29 (1), 67–69. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650420701217094