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Issue: Vol. 5447 No. 3: 7 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.3.6
Page range: 405-412
Abstract views: 34
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A new species and a newly record species of Amphinemurinae from Yunnan, China (Plecoptera, Nemouridae)

Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming; Yunnan Province 650224; China; Faculty of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming; Yunnan 650224; China
Faculty of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming; Yunnan 650224; China
Faculty of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming; Yunnan 650224; China
Plecoptera stonefly Protonemura Sphaeronemoura morphology taxonomy

Abstract

A new stonefly species of the genus Protonemura Kempny, 1898 of the subfamily Amphinemurinae, namely Protonemura potatsoensis Qian & Bai sp. nov., is described from Yunnan, southwestern China. Sphaeronemoura poda Sivec & Stark, 2010 is newly recorded for China. Detailed descriptions, photographs of genital characters and cervical gills features are presented.

 

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