A new species of Sweltsa Ricker, 1943 (Plecoptera, Chloroperlidae) and a supplementary description of Sweltsahamula Chen & Du, 2017 from China

Abdur Rehman; Qing-Bo Huo; Yu-Zhou Du

doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e86347

A new species of Sweltsa Ricker, 1943 (Plecoptera, Chloroperlidae) and a supplementary description of Sweltsahamula Chen & Du, 2017 from China

Biodivers Data J. 2022 Jul 7:10:e86347. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e86347. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Abdur Rehman¹, Qing-Bo Huo¹, Yu-Zhou Du^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ 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.
² Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University Yangzhou 225009 China.

Abstract

Background: The genus Sweltsa is a small to medium-sized stonefly with distinct coloured wings, giving the species the common name of green stoneflies. It belongs to the family Chloroperlidae. This genus includes more than 55 species world wide, 14 of which have been reported from China.

New information: A new species of the genus Sweltsa Ricker, 1943, Sweltsaliupanshana Rehman, Du & Huo sp. nov. from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Liupan Mountain, China is described; this is the second record of Sweltsa from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In addition, the first female description and male supplementary description of Sweltsahamula Chen & Du, 2017 from Sichuan Province are provided. Diagnosis, description and colour illustration of the new species and of Sweltsahamula are provided and the morphological characteristics are compared with closely-related species.

Keywords: China; Ningxia; Stoneflies; Sweltsahamula; Sweltsaliupanshana sp. nov.; new species.

Abdur Rehman, Qing-Bo Huo, Yu-Zhou Du.

Grants and funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31872266, 31071958, 32170459).