Stoneflies of the genus Zwicknia Murányi, 2014 (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from western Switzerland
Author
Reding, Jean-Paul G.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-21
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journal article
30700
10.11646/zootaxa.4382.2.1
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Key to adults of
Zwicknia
from western Switzerland
1 Macropterous (
Figs. 4
,
9
and
14
). Cubital cell of forewing delimitated by the two cross-veins between veins Cu1 and Cu2 quadrangular in shape (
Figs. 4
,
9
and
14
;
Aubert 1959
: 26,
Fig. 22
; Murányi
et al.
2014: 31,
Fig. 56
). Posterior margin of subgenital plate (sternite 8) rectilinear or slightly rounded (
Fig. 5
)........... adult females of
Zwicknia
(not keyed out further)
- Micropterous (
Figs. 1
and
6
) or brachypterous (
Figs. 10
and
13
). Presence of an epiproct sclerite bent over the last tergites; tergite 9 with a characteristic process (
Figs. 3
,
8
and
12
). Presence of a ventral vesicle at the center of the posterior margin of sternite 9 (
Figs. 2
,
7
and
11
)......................................................... 2 (adult males of
Zwicknia
)
2 Brachypterous (
Figs. 10
and
13
). Tip of main epiproct sclerite long, slender, regularly bent and pointed at apex, in lateral view (
Fig. 12
). Process on tergite 9 high, perpendicularly raised and less than twice as wide as the main epiproct sclerite (
Fig. 12
;
Boumans & Murányi 2014
: 8,
Fig. 2
). Ventral vesicle half as wide as the subgenital plate (
Fig. 11
).....
Zwicknia westermanni
- Micropterous (
Figs. 1
and
6
)............................................................................. 3
3 In lateral view, the tip of the main epiproct sclerite is ogive, neither up-curved nor down-curved (
Fig. 3
). In dorsal view, the main epiproct sclerite is long and slender, with nearly parallel edges and without bulges (
Reding
et al.
2016
: 140,
Fig. 4
). Process of tergite 9 low, rising sharply near the distal region of the corresponding tergite, not projecting caudally (
Fig. 3
). Ventral vesicle small, rounded at apex; width about ¼ to 1/5 of the subgenital plate (
Fig. 2
;
Reding
et al.
2016
: 141,
Fig. 5
)...............................................................................................
Zwicknia ledoarei
- In lateral view, the tip of the main epiproct sclerite is pointed, slightly up-curved (
Fig. 8
). Process of tergite 9 high and perpendicularly elevated, in lateral view (
Fig. 8
), arch-shaped in dorso-caudal view (Murányi
et al.
2014: 58, Fig. 120). Ventral vesicle covering slightly less than half the width of the subgenital plate (
Fig. 7
)...........................
Zwicknia bifrons