Nymphs of the genus Isoperla Banks (Plecoptera, Perlodidae) from the Eastern Palaearctic Region
Author
Teslenko, Valentina A.
Author
Zhiltzova, Lidiya A.
text
Zootaxa
2006
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.171865
411e4ba3-3168-4039-b168-5dca22472936
11755326
171865
Isoperla flavescens
Zhiltzova & Potikha 1986
(
Figs. 22–28
)
Description.
Nymphs were correlated with adults by rearing from Lasovka River. Length of mature male nymph 9.0–
9.6 mm
, female 10.0–
13.5 mm
; cerci of male nymph 4.0–
4.5 mm
; female 5.0–6.0 mm. General body color brownishyellow; labrum, frontoclypeus and anterior part of the head dark brown; body yellowish ventrally, top of the abdomen slightly brownish. Clothing hairs on body surface dark and numerous.
Head with occipital spinule row irregular and interrupted medially; color darkbrown in anterior half (
Fig. 22
), with sharp yellowish Mline; thin transverse, light stripe on the frontoclypeus not always distinct; two light, oval spots posterior to anterior edge of frontoclypeus; interocellar area with an indistinct pale triangle; area along epicranial suture pale; occiput pale, with 2 indistinct spots forward of occipital suture. Lacinia bidentate (
Fig. 23
), 6–7 stout, dark setae below subapical tooth, followed by thin setae to base. Tip of galea reaches the base of subapical tooth (
Fig.23
). Mandible (
Fig. 24
) similar to other species.
FIGURE 22.
Isoperla flavescens
Zhiltzova and Potikha
, nymph.
FIGURES 23–28.
Isoperla flavescens
: 23. Right maxilla, ventral. 24. Right mandible, ventral. 25. Right leg, dorsal. 26–28. Basal, medial, and apical sections of right cercus, lateral. Scale (mm): 25
=
0.51; 23, 24, 26–28=0.4.
Thorax. Pronotum (
Fig. 22
) transverseoval, fringed with short setae, occasional long hairs interspersed at anterior angles, lateral and posterior pronotal margins; light median spot close to anterior pronotal margin indistinct; lateral pronotal margins light; anterior and posterior margins and sublateral fields brownish. Meso and metanotum wing pad bases slightly darker than lateral margins and median area. Legs lightbrownish (
Fig. 25
), with dense fringe of silky hairs along outer margin of tarsi, femora, and tibiae.
Abdominal terga (
Fig. 22
) with thin brown stripe medially surrounded by pale stripe, lateral tergal margins brownish; posterior tergal margins with fringe of long setae, intercalary bristles numerous. Cerci yellowish (
Figs. 26–28
), apical half with dorsal fringe of long silky hairs; length of these hairs exceeds the length of corresponding cercal segment in the apical third; one dorsal and one ventral seta in apical whorl longer than others, their length exceeds one half length of corresponding cercal segment.
Material examined:
Russia
. Primorsky Region, Lazovka R., below the pass, rearing
13.VI 1998
, V. Teslenko, 4 nymphs; Komissarovka R.,
11.VI 1988
, V. Teslenko 1 nymph; Ussuri R.,
29.V 1992
, T. Tiunova, 1 nymph; Yedinka R.,
9.VII 1985
, E. Postnikova, 11 nymphs; Khabarovsky Region: Sukpai R.,
22.VI 1998
, V. Teslenko, 2 nymphs; Tumnin R.,
17.06.1997
, T. Tiunova, 1 nymph.
Distribution.
Russia
: Primorsky and Khabarovsky Regions;
South Korea
.