Polymorphism And Taxonomic Problems In The Perlodes Microcephalus Group (Plecoptera: Perlodidae); Perlodes Mortoni Removed From Synonymy
Author
Zwick, Peter
text
Illiesia
2011
7
26
291
296
journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4758218
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1854-0392
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Perlodes dispar
(
Rambur 1842
)
Material examined.
Numerous specimens from
Germany
and the entire range between
Toulouse
,
Sweden
and
Armenia
were examined for egg structure.
Biometry
was performed on
12♂
and
7♀
from
Germany
,
Hesse
,
river Fulda
at
Schlitz-Richthof
,
10♂
,
7♀
from
Hungary
,
river Raba
at
Magyarlak
, and single males from
Rio Lozoya
, central
Spain
;
France
,
Pont du Gard
;
Sweden
,
R
.
Njva
; and
Armenia
,
Village Kasach
.
Brachypterism
. Male wings are between 1.2 and 1.8 times as long as head width, the distribution peaks at a RLW of 1.4. In a RWL frequency distribution, males are widely separate from females.
Egg structure.
The anchor disc margin is covered by numerous irregularly shaped polygons which are barely sclerotized and were difficult to draw (
Fig. 5
). No individual or geographical variation was observed.
Notes.
Albarda (1889)
studied the
types
of Rambur's
Perlidae
in coll. Selys-Longchamps. He identified the single male from Paris as "
Dictyopteryx microcephala
Pictet
,
♂
, forma microptera" which supports the present interpretation of the name. All males in samples including
P. dispar
females were very dark, live specimens appearing almost black and the way in which they moved to hide reminded one of rove beetles (
Coleoptera
:
Staphylinidae
).