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Issue: Vol. 5397 No. 2: 4 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.1
Page range: 151-194
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Notes on the genus Dictyogenus Klapálek, 1904 (Plecoptera, Perlodidae) in the Austrian, Italian, Slovenian and Swiss Alps, with the description of six new species

Petit-Berne 2; CH-2035 Corcelles; Switzerland
Plecoptera Dictyogenus new species alpha taxonomy Eastern Alps Rhaetian Alps Julian Alps lepontine Alps Apennines

Abstract

Six new species of Dictyogenus Klapálek, 1904, from the Austrian, Italian, Slovenian, and Swiss Alps, are described and illustrated from adults and nymphs. The species Dictyogenus alpinum (Pictet, 1841) and topotypical Dictyogenus fontium (Ris, 1896) are re-described.

 

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