The species of Tibetisoperla (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) Author Yan, Yan-Hua 71B21647-7F2B-44B1-B209-63D130F8BA13 Henan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China. Key Laboratory of Medicinal Animal and Plant Resources of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai Province, School of Life Science, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, 810008, China. Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Plant and Animal Production, 40100, Kırşehir, Turkey. 18738538807@163.com Author Chen, Zhen-Ning A59CA329-2B14-4F4E-8F5D-736514923C75 149470880@qq.com Author Bozdoğan, Hakan 589E46D8-0F7D-47F5-A1D8-3ED4B2147022&81D57DE5-E00B-4F6B-A0B3-E81D3C865208 Henan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China. Key Laboratory of Medicinal Animal and Plant Resources of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai Province, School of Life Science, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, 810008, China. Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Plant and Animal Production, 40100, Kırşehir, Turkey. hakan.bozdogan@ahievran.edu.tr&lwh7969@163.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-06-15 823 125 140 http://zoobank.org/fbfd2e52-c902-4f61-9eb4-a8badf997f0b journal article 77863 10.5852/ejt.2022.823.1821 ab8e47a2-8e08-4a09-a7cb-43ea4ddba690 2118-9773 6658611 FBFD2E52-C902-4F61-9EB4-A8BADF997F0B Tibetisoperla elongata sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 7B5313C1-F26C-41C5-88BD-7B0486372A08 Figs 1–4 Diagnosis General color brownish. Vesicle developed and tongue-shaped, which is almost as long as its width. Aedeagus mostly membranous, except for a v-shaped ventrobasal sclerite, generally tubular and slightly curved ventrally at apex. Subgenital plate in female produced and subquadrate, posteriorly with a broad arcuate posteromedial notch. Fig. 1. Tibetisoperla elongata sp. nov. A . ♂, holotype (HIST), habitus, dorsal view. B . ♀, paratype (HIST), habitus, dorsal view. C . ♂, holotype (HIST), head and pronotum, dorsal view. D . ♂, holotype (HIST), terga 3–9, dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Etymology The specific epithet refers to the vesicle being long, which was presumed to be atypical for this genus. Material examined Holotype CHINA • ♂ ; Qinghai Province , Menyuan County , Daitong River ; 37°21′37.99″ N , 101°36′55.30″ E ; alt. 2782 m ; 30 Jun. 2021 ; Wei-Hai Li and Rong-Rong Shen leg.; HIST . Paratypes CHINA • 1 ♂ ; same collection data as for holotype; HIST • 3 ♀♀ ; same collection data as for holotype; HIST • 1 ♂ ; same location as for holotype; 37°18′1.38″ N , 101°55′49.82″ E ; alt. 2643 m ; 26 Jul. 2021 ; Wei-Hai Li and Bin Zhang leg.; HIST . Description Male ADULT HABITUS ( Figs 1A, 1C ). Forewing length 8.1–8.5 mm , hindwing length 7.0– 7.2 mm (N=3). Head brown with dark brown arween ocelli and tentorial callosities. M-line dark brown. Triocellate, anterior ocellus smaller. Antennae brownish, scape brown, palpi brownish. Pronotum disc with large area of brown to dark brown rugosities and pale medial stripe. Legs brownish. Wings hyaline, veins brown. ABDOMEN ( Figs 1D , 2 ). Abdominal terga brownish and terga 1–4 darkly sclerotized. Terga 2–9 each with a pair of small dark spots medially and dark medial strip (obscure in young individual). Tergum 9 bearing two paramedial patches of sensilla on darker posterior margin, patches separated by pale T-shaped mesal membrane. Tergum 10 bilobate, distally upcurved with 3–4 thick apical setae. Vesicle located on posterior margin of sternum 8, generally tongue-shaped, ca almost as long as its width, basally brown but apex paler, covered with hairs. Paraprocts sclerotized, with partially separated apical sclerite covered by small terminal spines. AEDEAGUS ( Fig. 3 ). Membranous except for a v-shaped ventrobasal sclerite, tubular and slightly curved ventrally at apex, mostly covered by fine spinules, dorsoapical and ventroapical portions bald. Female ADULT HABITUS ( Fig. 1B ). Forewing length 9.0– 9.9 mm , hindwing length 7.9–8.2 mm . Body coloration similar to male. ABDOMEN ( Fig. 4 ). Tergum 10 unmodified. Subgenital plate sclerotized and subquadrate, produced posteriorly covering anterior half of sternum 9, with a broad arcuate posteromedial notch. EGG. Unknown. Distribution China : Qinghai Province . Presently only known from two sites along the riverside of Daitong River in Menyuan County. Remarks The type species of Tibetisoperla , T. wangluyui Huo & Du, 2021 is a dark species and has a reduced vesicle on sternum 8, but the new species is a brownish species and has a developed vesicle which is present in typical Isoperla Banks, 1906 ( Teslenko & Zhiltzova 2009 ; Murányi 2011 ; Szczytko & Kondratieff 2015 ; Cao et al. 2020 ), another genus of Isoperlinae in China . However, the large apical setae of tergum 10 and spiny apical sclerite of paraproct clearly show its placement in Tibetisoperla . Fig. 2. Tibetisoperla elongata sp. nov. , ♂, holotype (HIST). A . Terminalia, dorsal view. B . Terminalia, ventral view. C . Vesicle, ventral view. D . Vesicle, lateral view. E . Terminalia, lateral view. F . Tergum 10 and paraproct, dorsal view. G . Apex of tergum 10 and paraproct, lateral view (cercus removed). Abbreviations: see Material and methods. The female of T. elongata is different to T. wangluyui in subgenital plate structure, the former is broadly semicircular while the latter is subquadrate. Additionally, T. elongata with a typically posterior notch which is indistinct of T. sclerotica . Terga 1–8 of female with black medial stripes and subgenital plate is broadly triangular in T. sclerotica .