A new species of Isoperla (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from the Qinling Mountains of northwestern China and notes on the Chinese species of the genus
Author
Chen, Zhi-Teng
Author
Song, Liang-Dong
Author
Feng, Wen-Tao
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Isoperla eximia
Zapekina-Dulkeit, 1975
Isoperla eximia
Zapekina-Dulkeit, 1975
. Tr. Gosud. Sapow. “Stolbij”, 10: 211;
Zwick & Surenkhorloo, 2005
. Acta. Zool. Aca- dem. Sci. Hung., 51(3), 253;
Teslenko & Zhiltzova, 2006
.
Zootaxa
, 1130(1), 8; Teslenko, 2009. Aquatic Insects, 31(Supplement 1): 699;
Teslenko & Bazova, 2009
. Entomol. Rev., 89(9): 1063;
Teslenko & Zhiltzova, 2009
. Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok: Dalnauka: 272;
Judson & Nelson, 2012
. Zootaxa, 3541: 47;
Yang & Li, 2018
. Species Catalogue of
China
. Vol. 2. Animals, Insecta (III),
Plecoptera
: 49.
Type information.
Holotype
male,
Russia
,
Lake Baikal Basin.
Distribution in
China
.
Jilin Province
, Antu Country, Yuhualin Area, Chanbai Mountains (
Teslenko & Zhiltzova 2006
).
Remarks.
Adequate descriptions are available for the male and female. The male of this species has small hooked paraprocts, posteromedially produced tergum 10, a well-developed vesicle, and C-shaped aedeagal sclerite. The female has a moderately produced subgenital plate with a rounded posterior margin (see figs.
218–221 in
Teslenko & Zhiltzova 2009
and figs.
321–324 in
Judson & Nelson 2012
). Color pattern: head pale with a subquadrate ocellar stigma extending to posterior of head; pronotum with four longitudinal brown stripes; legs pale (
Judson & Nelson 2012
).