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Issue: Vol. 5493 No. 1: 8 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.5
Page range: 79-90
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Revision of Neoperla minor Chu with a new synonym and a new species of Neoperla Needham (Plecoptera: Perlidae)

College of Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology; Yangzhou University; Yangzhou 225009; China
College of Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology; Yangzhou University; Yangzhou 225009; China
College of 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 225009; China
Plecoptera Neoperla yao Neoperla minor Neoperla moae sp. nov. stonefly China Vietnam

Abstract

Neoperla yao Stark, 1987 is placed as a junior synonym of N. minor Chu, 1929. Neoperla moae sp. nov., from Zhejiang, China and misidentified previously as N. minor, is redescribed and proposed as new to science in this paper.

 

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