Records And Descriptions Of Some Nemouride Species (Order: Plecoptera) From Leigong Mountain, Guizhou Province, China
Author
Wang, Zhi-Jie
Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
Author
Du, Yu-Zhou
Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
Author
Sivec, Ignac
Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Prešernova 20, POB 290, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Author
Li, Zi-Zhong
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
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Nemoura oculata
sp.n.
Wang & Du
(
Figs. 15‐21
)
Material examined.
Holotype
♂
,
China
:
Guizhou Province
,
Leigong Mountain
,
Lianhuaping
,
1450‐ 1620 m
,
17‐18 September 2005
, Wang Zhi‐ Jie.
Adult habitus.
Head brown, wider than pronotum. Antennae pale brown, pronotum pale brown, wider than long, angles bluntly rounded. Wings hyaline, light brown with brown veins. Legs pale brown, hind femora with pale band at distal third; apex of tibiae and last tarsal segment dark.
Male.
Forewing length 7.9 mm; hindwing length 7.2 mm. Abdomen pale on anterior segments and darker on distal segments. Tergum 9 slightly raised medially, weakly sclerotized with middle of distal margin extended outward forming a triangular projection (
Fig. 15
); projection armed with several strong, longer spines laterally and extending partly over base of tergum 10. Tergum 10 sclerotized, dark brown and bearing a small medial indentation near posterior margin of tergum 9. Apical part of hypoproct curved inward at posterior margin of sternum 9 (
Fig. 16
); vesicle slender reaching over half of hypoproct. Paraprocts bilobed (
Fig. 18
); inner lobe sclerotized, slender, shorter than half of outer lobe; outer lobe slightly sclerotized with wide base tapering in apical 2/3 and ending with a black, acute hook which curvers toward inner lobe (
Figs. 15‐18
). Quadrangular sclerotized portion cuved ventrally at midlength of outer lobe. Epiproct calabash shaped in dorsal aspect, constricted medially, with large basal cushion and slightly sclerotized lateral arms (
Figs. 19‐ 21
). Ventral sclerite forms two oblong sclerotized circles which extend toward tip; ventral sclerite sclerotized forming a long and narrow keel with two lines of black spines on the keel. Dorsum of cerci sclerotized with a strong, apical spine.
Female.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Guizhou Province
(Leigong Mountain),
China
.
Remarks.
Genus
Nemoura
is one of the largest genera among
Nemouridae
with more than 100 described species, 24 of which are recorded for
China
(Li & Yang 2006). Comparison of our specimens with
types
available in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, shows
N. oculata
is distinct. The new species is similar to
N. basispina
Li & Yang
in epiproct shape but differs in shape of paraprocts, in tergum 10, and in shape and armature of tergum 9.
Etymology.
The name refers to the characteristic shape of the ventral epiproct sclerite.