A new species of Isoperla (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from the Qinling Mountains of northwestern China and notes on the Chinese species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4651 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-391
Author(s):  
ZHI-TENG CHEN ◽  
LIANG-DONG SONG ◽  
WEN-TAO FENG

A new species of the perlodid genus Isoperla Banks, 1906, Isoperla qinlinga Chen, sp. nov. from Shaanxi Province of northwestern China is described. The new species is characterized by the mostly dark head and pronotum, the poorly developed vesicle, the modified ventral and dorsal aedeagal lobes, and the slightly developed, rounded subgenital plate of the female. Comments are provided on the known species of Isoperla of China. 

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4619 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHI-TENG CHEN ◽  
LIANG-DONG SONG

A new species of the peltoperlid genus Microperla Chu, 1928, Microperla qinlinga Chen, sp. nov. from Shaanxi Province of northwestern China is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by the widely rounded ventral lobe in males and the extremely large and bilobed subgenital plate in female. In addition, the taxonomic history and current status of the genus Microperla is reviewed. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4629 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-246
Author(s):  
ZHI-TENG CHEN ◽  
LIANG-DONG SONG

A new winter stonefly species of the genus Capnia Pictet, 1841, Capnia s.l. bilobata sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Shaanxi Province of northwestern China. The new species is distinguished from all currently known Capnia s.l. by the male and female genitalic characters. The falciform projection on male tergum 9 and the unique-shaped female subgenital plate separate the new taxon from other congeners. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4614 (2) ◽  
pp. 395 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAO LIU ◽  
YANHUA YAN ◽  
WEIHAI LI

Two new Perlidae stonefly species, Flavoperla furcomaculata sp. nov. and F. triangulata sp. nov. from the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province, northwestern China are described. Their taxonomic relationships with other known similar Flavoperla species are discussed.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4623 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-200
Author(s):  
ZHI-TENG CHEN

A new species of Filchneria Klapálek 1908, F. songi sp. nov. from Shaanxi Province of northwestern China is described and illustrated based on male, female, and eggs. Morphological comparisons are provided with related taxa. Skwala compacta (McLachlan, 1872) is newly recorded from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwestern China. New illustrations are provided for Chinese specimens of S. compacta. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4577 (1) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
YANHUA YAN ◽  
RUIJUN LIU ◽  
WEIHAI LI

A new species of the perlid genus Kamimuria Klapálek, K. flavimacula sp. nov. from Shaanxi Province of northwestern China is described based on the male, female, eggs. The new species has an unusual dark habitus. The relationships of morphological characteristics of the new species and similar congener are discussed. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4751 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-171
Author(s):  
ZHI-TENG CHEN ◽  
JIA-LIN HOU

A new species of Hemacroneuria Enderlein, 1909, H. baotianmana sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Henan Province of central China and Shaanxi Province of northwestern China. Supplementary descriptions and new images are provided for Chinoperla mengmanensis Qian & Du, 2012 based on new material from Yunnan Province of southwestern China. The female of C. mengmanensis is described for the first time. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1275 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAO-FENG XUE ◽  
ZI-WEI SONG ◽  
XIAO-YUE HONG

A new genus and three new species of eriophyid mites from the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province, northwestern China are described and illustrated: Calvittacus regiae gen. nov. and sp. nov. on Juglans regia L. (Juglandaceae); Calepitrimerus dendrobenthamiae sp. nov. on Dendrobenthamia japonica var. chinensis (Osborn) Fang (Cornaceae) and Calepitrimerus fopingi sp. nov. on Lindera glauca (Sieb. et Zucc.) Blume (Lauraceae). All the species are vagrant on the undersurface of leaves. No apparent damages were found on the host plant. A key to the species of Calepitrimerus from China is provided.


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4379 (4) ◽  
pp. 594 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEIHAI LI ◽  
RAORAO MO

Two new species of the perlid genus Kamimuria Klapálek, K. shaanxinensis sp. nov. and K. yangxiana sp. nov. from Shaanxi Province of northwestern China are described in this paper. The similar characteristics of the new species and related taxa are discussed. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-99
Author(s):  
Nancy Collins ◽  
Ken R. Schneider

A new species of Oecanthus is described from extreme northeast California. Oecanthus salviisp. nov. is currently known only from Lake Annie in Modoc County, California, and occurs on sagebrush (Artemisia) and rabbitbrush (Ericameria). It has the narrow tegmina, antennal markings, metanotal gland configuration, and trilling song found in the Oecanthus nigricornis species group. Song details and morphology, including the shape of the subgenital plate and copulatory blades, are provided in this paper. This new species has been given the common name of sage tree cricket.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-240
Author(s):  
ZHI-TENG CHEN

Paraleuctra cuihuashana sp. nov., the first formally reported brachypterous stonefly of Leuctridae (Plecoptera) known from China, is described from Shaanxi Province of northwestern China. The new species is characterized by the short-winged male with unique hindwing venation and a finger-shaped process on cerci. The female of P. cuihuashana sp. nov. has variable wing length. Molecular data supported the distinctness of the new species and the widespread P. orientalis (Chu, 1928). 


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