3541
Author
Judson, Sarah W.
Author
Nelson, C. Riley
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-11-06
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journal article
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Isoperla kozlovi
Zhiltzova, 1972
SYNONYMY
Isoperla kozlovi
Zhiltzova, 1972
TYPE
LOCALITY:
Mongolia
:
Khentii
.
DIAGNOSIS
: Head of adult is infuscate on the anterior half, with a pale oval spot in the ocellar region bordered by a black, U-shaped line which connects all the ocelli (
Fig. 326
). The pronotum has a well-delimited pale stripe, otherwise the rest of the disc is dark with darker rugosities. The mesoscutum has anterior golden-yellow markings (
Fig. 326
) similar to
I. asiatica
(
Fig. 316
),
I. mongolica
(
Fig. 336
), and
K. nigricauda
(
Fig. 350
). The male paraprocts are lightly sclerotized, sharp and extend on to tergum 10. The aedeagus has large paired sclerites, which are apparent through the body wall of sternum 10 as if the segment itself is pigmented (
Fig. 328
). The apices of the sclerites are directed medially towards one another but do not touch. The female subgenital plate is triangular with a rounded apex that is sometimes shallowly notched (
Fig. 329
). Overall, the plate resembles that of
I. obscura
(Zetterstedt, 1840)
(
Fig. 343
) and
Kaszabia nigricauda
(
Fig. 353
), but is not as long and only extends slightly onto segment 9. Nymph head coloration (
Fig. 305
) is dark from the epicranial arm to the M-line with no dark markings posterior to the lateral ocelli or on the labrum.
DISTRIBUTION—Global:
East Palearctic—
Regional:
AOB, IDB*, POB*—
Aimag:
AR, BO*, BU, DO*, KhE*, KhG, SE, TO.
DISCUSSION:
This
species was originally described from
Mongolia
by
Zhiltzova
(1972) in her first contribution to the
Insects
of
Mongolia
series.
When
considering only our study, this species appears to be restricted to the
Selenge
River
basin (
Fig. 330
), but is predicted to occur in the eastern
Khentii region
which is where the
type
specimen was collected
.