Two new species of Nemouridae (Plecoptera) from Vietnam
Author
Fochetti, Romolo
Author
Ceci, Massimo
text
Zootaxa
2017
4269
3
447
450
journal article
32989
10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.8
53d85962-2a5e-4cb4-8a07-16a02a4ea72a
1175-5326
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Amphinemura konplongensis
sp. n.
(
Fig. 2
.)
Material examined.
Holotype
♂
from
Vietnam
,
Kon
Tum Province
, surroundings of Kon Plong, m 1200, 4/
7.V.2016
, 14°37, 350’ N;
108°17,651’ E
. The
holotype
, preserved in alcohol 75%, is deposited in the
Vietnam
National Museum of
Nature
,
Hanoi
,
Vietnam
.
Adult habitus.
A small dark brown
Amphinemura
. Antennae black, head uniformly black. Pro-, meso-, and metanotum uniformly dark. Abdomen and cerci yellowish.
Male
(
Fig.2
). Body length:
5.1 mm
. Forewing length
6 mm
, hindwing length
4.5 mm
. Paraproct with outer lobe margin long, apex spatula-shaped, with strong hair (
Fig. 2
a). Cerci as long as the outer paraproct lobe (
Fig. 2
b). Epiproct narrow to its middle length, enlarging at the apex, showing dorsally two strong spines directed forward, crampon-like, and ventrally two strong spines directed laterally and backward and a spine directed forward. (
Fig. 2
c).
FIGURE 2.
Amphinemura konplongensis
n. sp.
Male terminalia, a. dorsal, b. ventral, c. epiproct, lateral. d. lateral.
Female:
unknown
Larva
: unknown
Affinities
:
Amphinemura konplongensis
is similar to
A. divergens
and to
A
.
ningxiana
Li & Yang,
2011
in having the tip of the epiproct bearing two strongly sclerotized processes which diverge; these are however much thinner than in
A. divergens
and
A. ningxiana
. Additionally,
A. komplongensis
has two ventral lateral processes, similarly shaped, that are absent in
A
.
divergens
and
A
.
ningxiana
.
Etymology
. The species name refers to the town of Kon Plong (
Kon Tum Province
, Central
Vietnam
), the locality of which
A. konplongensis
was collected.