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Issue: Vol. 5343 No. 1: 6 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.1.5
Page range: 83-90
Abstract views: 277
PDF downloaded: 21

A new species of the alderfly genus Sialis Latreille, 1802 (Megaloptera: Sialidae) from southeastern China

Department of Entomology; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
Department of Entomology; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
Department of Entomology; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
Neuroptera Megaloptera Sialis Nipponosialis East Asia

Abstract

Here we describe a new species of the alderfly genus Sialis Latreille, 1802 from southeastern China, namely S. kouwenkaii sp. nov. The new species appears to be related to a group of Sialis species once placed in Nipponosialis Kuwayama, 1962. Morphological differences between the new species and its closely related species are discussed.

 

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