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Issue: Vol. 2004 No. 1: 5 Feb. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-02-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2004.1.5
Page range: 59–64
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

Species of the genus Sphaeronemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from continental 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 Sphaeronemoura songshana Sphaeronemoura hamistyla new species China

Abstract

The genus Sphaeronemoura is reported from the Palaearctic Region for the first time, accompanied with a new species added from northern China, Sphaeronemoura songshana sp. nov. Sphaeronemoura hamistyla (Wu, 1962) is redescribed and reillustrated for comparison based on the holotype and fresh material. Their relationships with close relatives are discussed. Unassociated females for one species are also described for further understanding of the genus under informal designation. Clarification or further definition of the generic characters and remarks on questions of Shimizu & Sivec (2001) are presented.

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