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Issue: Vol. 5141 No. 1: 24 May 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.9
Page range: 94-100
Abstract views: 228
PDF downloaded: 16

Rhopalopsole magnispina sp. nov., a new species of Leuctridae (Plecoptera) from China, with notes on R. horvati Sivec & Harper, 2008

College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China
College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China
Plecoptera female association new taxon Rhopalosole Rhopalosole shaanxiensis Group stonefly

Abstract

Rhopalosole magnispina sp. nov., a new species of R. shaanxiensis Yang & Yang, 1994 species Group of stonefly family Leuctridae is described, illustrated, and compared with related taxa. The female of R. horvati Sivec & Harper, 2008 is associated based on mating pairs collected in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province. The original female of R. horvati was erroneously associated and considered herein as an unidentified Rhopalosole female of the R. shaanxiensis Group.

 

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