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Issue: Vol. 5270 No. 3: 21 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.3
Page range: 437-470
Abstract views: 217
PDF downloaded: 144

Isoperla riverae, a new stonefly species from the southeast Nearctic, with notes on sympatric species including the larval description of Isoperla lenati Szczytko & Kondratieff, 2015 (Plecoptera: Perlodidae)

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality; Division of Water Resources; Water Sciences Section; Biological Assessment Branch; Raleigh; North Carolina; 27607; U.S.A.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality; Division of Water Resources; Water Sciences Section; Biological Assessment Branch; Raleigh; North Carolina; 27607; U.S.A.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality; Division of Water Resources; Water Sciences Section; Biological Assessment Branch; Raleigh; North Carolina; 27607; U.S.A.
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Research Laboratory; Raleigh; North Carolina; 27607; U.S.A.
Plecoptera Perlodidae Isoperla new species southeastern Nearctic

Abstract

Isoperla riverae sp. n. is described from the southeastern USA. The new species is proposed based on details of the adult habitus, male aedeagus, vesicle, female subgenital plate, ovum chorion, and larval habitus. Supporting data includes color images, scanning electron micrographs, genetic analysis of DNA barcodes, and comparative morphology of cognate species. The larva of Isoperla lenati Szczytko & Kondratieff, 2015 is also described supported by color images.

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