The Genus Togoperla Klapálek (Plecoptera: Perlidae)
Author
Stark, Bill P.
Author
Sivec, Ignac
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Illiesia
2008
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Togoperla poilanina
(Navas)
,
comb. n.
(
Figs. 37‐43
,
63‐68
)
Kamimuria poilanina
Navas, 1934:9
.
Holotype
♀
(MNHN),
Quang Tri
, Annam [
Vietnam
]
Material examined.
Vietnam
:
Quang Tri
[Annam], 1925,
Poilane
,
1 ♀
(
MNHN
,
holotype
).
Vinh Phu Province
,
Tam Dao
,
800‐1100 m
,
21
°
28’ N
,
105
°
38’ E
, 19 May‐13
June
, 1995,
H. Malicky
,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
(
PMSL
).
Adult
habitus.
General
color dark brown.
Head
with dark brown area covering ocelli and forward to M‐ line.
Pronotum
brown with scattered rugosities and dark lateral margins (
Fig. 37
).
Wings
dark brown except for pale costal margin to cord.
Femora
pale on basal third to half and dark apically; tibiae entirely dark brown
.
Male.
Forewing length about
19 mm
. Hemitergal lobes about twice as long as basal callus (
Fig. 41
); lobes gradually tapered from base to apex in lateral aspect (
Fig. 38
).
T
6‐9 with large mesal membranous area surrounded laterally and along anterior margin by sclerotized area; entire membranous area covered by setae. Tergum 5 produced as an emarginate lobe. Aedeagus sinuate in lateral aspect and swollen apically; apex with a dorsolateral pair of ear‐ like lobes and a terminal cylindrical lobe; armature ending subterminally and barely extending onto bases of lateral lobes; armature absent from basolateral lobes and from a large lateral area but covering most of venter; dorsal armature patch strongly narrowed to a small strip that approaches, but does not reach, basolateral lobes (
Figs. 42‐43
).
Female.
Forewing length
27‐29 mm
. Subgenital plate parabolic and slightly emarginate or shallowly notched. Dorsal sclerite on plate slender, extending to level of lateral margins of sternum 8 (
Fig. 39
). Lateral margins of vagina parallel for most of length (
Fig. 40
).
Egg.
Outline barrel shaped; length ca.
0.37 mm
, width ca.
0.30 mm
. Collar sessile but wide and surrounded by a smooth rim with irregular lobing (
Figs. 63‐66
). Chorion coarsely punctate except on rim (
Figs. 67
). Micropylar orifices surrounded by five or six chorionic punctations (
Fig. 68
).
Larva.
Unknown.
Remarks.
The association of the
K. poilanina
holotype
with fresh material from Tam Dao was confirmed through comparison of SEM micrographs of eggs from the
holotype
and from the new locality. The two samples were found to be very similar and to be atypical for
Togoperla,
However
the associated male from Tam Dao and the presence of a large subgenital plate with dorsal sclerite indicate this species is a true member of
Togoperla
.
Figs. 37‐43.
Togoperla poilanina
. 37. Head and pronotum, 38. Male terminalia, 39. Female terminalia, 40. Vagina, 41. Male hemitergum, lateral, 42. Aedeagus, dorsal aspect, 43. Aedeagus, lateral aspect.
This species occurs in the same area as
T. clavata
(described above), although not necessarily from the same stream, and the two species have similar male hemiterga, general coloration and leg patterns. Males of the two may be distinguished by the presence of brown sclerites in the membrane of terga 6‐9 for
T. clavata
and by the club shaped hemiterga in lateral aspect for that species. In addition the aedeagal armature for
T. clavata
is narrowly divided along the mid‐ dorsum and the basolateral lobes are covered with scale‐ like triangular spines. The color patterns also differ slightly on the head with
T. clavata
having a much more extensive area of black pigment between the compound eyes.