Contribution to the knowledge of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Hainan Province of China
Author
Chen, Zhi-Teng
Author
Du, Yu-Zhou
text
Zootaxa
2016
4144
2
243
252
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.6
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Key to males of species of
Neoperla
from
Hainan Province
,
China
.
1. Tergum 9 with a pair of small rounded nodules medially (see figs.
85–86 in
Wu 1973
)......................
N. binodosa
-. Tergum 9 without above mentioned nodules................................................................ 2
2. Hemitergal process of tergum 10 very long and sharp, reaching posterior margin of tergum 8 (see figs.
110–111 in
Wu 1938
)...........................................................................................
N. longispina
-. Hemitergal process of tergum 10 not very long and sharp, not reaching tergum 8................................... 3
3. Tergum 7 with a sub-trapezoidal process, tergum 8 with an upcurved sclerite...................................... 4
-. Tergum 7 without sub-trapezoidal process, tergum 8 without upcurved sclerite..................................... 5
4. Aedeagus curved (see fig.
4 in
Yang & Yang 1995
)................................................
N. hainanensis
-. Aedeagus straight, process of tergum 7 with a pair of cornuted lobes laterally (see fig.
3 in
Yang & Yang 1995
)..
N. bicornuta
5. Aedeagus without lobes (
Figs. 3–4
).........................................................
N. minuta
sp. nov.
-. Aedeagus with lobes................................................................................... 6
6. Aedeagus exhibits an S-shaped curve laterally (see figs.
3–4 in
Kong
et al.
2014
).........................
N. bicurvata
-. Aedeagus not S-shaped................................................................................ 7
7. Aedeagus with only two small lobes (
Figs. 7–8
)...........................................
N. wuzhishana
sp. nov.
-. Aedeagus with more than two lobes....................................................................... 8
8. Aedeagus with an elongated ventral lobe and two small dorsal lobes (see
Figs.
5–6
in
Kong
et al.
2014
)....
N. furcomaculata
-. Aedeagus with more than three lobes...................................................................... 9
9. Aedeagus with four small lobes and a large lobe (see figs.
1–2 in
Kong
et al.
2014
)..........................
N. baisha
-. Aedeagus with four small lobes and two large lobes (
Figs. 14–16
)..............................
N. sexlobata
sp. nov.