ZooKeys (Nov 2023)

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

  • Mengyu Li,
  • Bingli Wang,
  • Ding Yang,
  • Dávid Murányi,
  • Weihai Li,
  • Hongliang Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1183.103288
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1183
pp. 125 – 137

Abstract

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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.