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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Amphinemura leigong
sp. n.
Wang & Du
(
Figs. 1‐7
)
Material examined.
Holotype
♂
,
China
:
Guizhou Province
,
Leigong Mountain
,
Lianhuaping
,
1450‐ 1620 m
,
17‐18 September 2005
,
Wang Zhi‐ Jie
.
Paratypes
:
5 ♂
, same data as holotype
.
Adult habitus.
Head and antennae dark brown, head slightly wider than pronotum. Wings hyaline and brown, veins dark brown. Legs brown.
Male.
Forewing length 6.5‐7.0 mm; hindwing length 5.2‐6.0 mm. Tergum 9 weakly sclerotized, slightly raised in front, deeply constricted medially behind, with narrow indentation at middle of hind margin and bearing two clusters of tiny black spines at each side of indentation (
Figs. 1, 3
). Tergum 10 with large median unsclerotized concavity bearing several tiny black spines along lateral margins, and several stronger spines distally. Hypoproct trapezoidal, tapering to a narrow apex which extends over inner lobes of paraprocts; vesicle long and slender, reaching over half of hypoproct (
Fig. 2
). Paraprocts divided into 3 lobes; inner lobe triangular, slightly sclerotized; median lobe broad at base, tapering in distal 2/3 and ending with a black, strongly sclerotized, inwardly directed and acute tip; outer lobe small, slender, distinctly sclerotized, reaching about midlength of median lobe (
Fig. 4
). Epiproct dorsal sclerite mainly membranous with slightly sclerotized lateral arms; ventral sclerite sclerotized with wide base forming a long and narrow sclerotized median process bearing a row of tiny black ventral spines (
Figs. 5‐7
). Median process ends in a tubular structure slightly raised upward. Upper part of ventral sclerite strongly sclerotized, triangular at base with two narrow, black lateral prongs. Prongs oriented parallel, slightly curved inward with several small distal denticles. In mating specimens and those treated with KOH, the prongs are divergent as shown in
Figs. 5‐6
.
Female.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Guizhou Province
(Leigong Mountain),
China
.
Remarks.
Amphinemura leigong
belongs to a group of species which share a trifurcate epiproct. This group includes
A. cestroidea
Li & Yang
, from
Sichuan
,
A. chui
(Wu)
and
A. elongata
Li, Yang & Sivec
, from
Zhejiang
,
A. fleurdelia
(Wu)
from
Fujian
, and
A. guangdongensis
Yang, Li & Zhu
and
A. nanlingensis
Yang, Li & Sivec
, from
Guangdong
. The apparent sister species,
A. nanlingensis
, differs in shape, armature and orientation of the lateral prongs of the epiproct. Specifically, the prongs of
A. nanlingensis
lack denticles at their distal end, whereas other species differ in shape of paraprocts. Detailed studies in the future should reveal the relationship of
A. leigong
to the species from
Guangdong
.
Etymology.
The name, a noun in apposition, refers to Leigong Mountain, the
type
locality.