A new species of Nemoura (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from the Abruzzo region (Central Italian Apennines)

Abstract

A new species of Nemoura Latreille, 1796, N. aprutiana sp. n., from the Italian Abruzzo region in the central part of the Apennines, is described and illustrated, and compared to its three Italian sister species N. hesperiae Consiglio, 1960, N. lucana Nicolai & Fochetti, 1991 and N. palliventris Aubert, 1953. Information on the distribution and ecological preferences of this new species is also provided, as well as a distribution map of the four Italian sister species.

Keywords

• stoneflies
• italy
• nemoura aprutiana sp. n.
• n. hesperiae
• n. lucana
• n. palliventris