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Issue: Vol. 4337 No. 2: 18 Oct. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-10-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.8
Page range: 291–293
Abstract views: 105
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) from China, with a key to the Sweltsa males of China

School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China. Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 25009, China.
Plecoptera Chloroperlidae Sweltsa new species China

Abstract

A new species of the alloperline genus Sweltsa, Sweltsa hamula sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Sichuan Province of southwestern China. The male of the new species is distinguished from other known Chinese Sweltsa species by the hook-shaped apex of the epiproct. A provisional key is presented to the known Sweltsa males from China.

 

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