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Issue: Vol. 1783 No. 1: 6 Jun. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-06-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1783.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

New species of Nemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from China

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 Nemouridae Nemoura new species China

Abstract

Five species of the genus Nemoura from China are described as new to science: Nemoura concava sp. n., Nemoura junhuae sp. n., Nemoura mesospina sp. n., Nemoura stellata sp. n., and Nemoura wangi sp. n. Their relationships with related species are discussed.

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