New and little-known stonefly species of the Rhopalopsole vietnamica ‘western assemblage’ group (Plecoptera, Leuctridae) from China

By

Wang, Bingli
Wang, Binglu
Yang, Ding
Murányi, Dávid
Li, Weihai
Wang, Hongliang.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1183

Pages

125--137

Subjects

female description , new species , redescription , Rhopalopsole bawanglinga , Rhopalopsole dentiloba , Rhopalopsole hainana , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1183.103288

 

Abstract

We examined Chinese stonefly specimens of the Rhopalopsole vietnamica ‘western assemblage’ group. A new species from Hainan Province, R. bawanglinga Li, Li & Yang, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from male and female adults, and it is compared to closely related taxa. The hitherto unknown female of R. hainana Li & Yang, 2010 is described. Morphological evidence is presented for the identity of R. dentiloba Wu, 1973, on the basis of topotypes from Yunnan Province, southwestern China.