Additional records of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Yunnan Province of China, with description of a new species

Yingwu Chen; Wenliang Li; Ying Wang; Weihai Li

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5410.3.6

Additional records of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Yunnan Province of China, with description of a new species

Zootaxa. 2024 Feb 14;5410(3):392-399. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.3.6.

Authors

Yingwu Chen¹, Wenliang Li², Ying Wang³, Weihai Li⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Horticulture and Plant Protection; Henan University of Science and Technology; Luoyang; Henan 471023; China. cyw@haust.edu.cn.
² College of Horticulture and Plant Protection; Henan University of Science and Technology; Luoyang; Henan 471023; China. wenliangli@haust.edu.cn.
³ International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta; Henan Institute of Science and Technology; Xinxiang; Henan 453003; China. wangying@hist.edu.cn.
⁴ International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta; Henan Institute of Science and Technology; Xinxiang; Henan 453003; China. lwh7969@163.com.

PMID: 38480235
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.3.6

Abstract

A new species of the genus Neoperla, N. donglaii sp. nov., is described from Yunnan Province of southwestern China. The new species is assigned to the N. lushana-complex of the N. (Formosita) subgenus due to the presence of paired, ventral spiny lobes of the aedeagus. The new species was compared with related species in the subgenus. Neoperla hamata Jewett, 1975 and N. idella Stark & Sivec, 2008 are newly recorded for China and N. quadrata Wu & Claassen, 1934 specifically from Yunnan Province, China. Neoperla quadrata had not been collected for 90 years.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
China
Insecta*
Neoptera*