Two new species of the stonefly genus Amphinemura (Insecta, Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from China

Two new species of the genus Amphinemura Ris from China are described and illustrated, i.e. A. annulata Du & Ji, sp. n. from Zhejiang, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Guizhou Province, and A. lingulata Du & Wang, sp.n. from Shaanxi and Sichuan Province. A. annulata is similar to A. tricintusiden...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyu Ji, Du Yuzhou, Zhijie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014-04-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3775
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Summary:Two new species of the genus Amphinemura Ris from China are described and illustrated, i.e. A. annulata Du & Ji, sp. n. from Zhejiang, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Guizhou Province, and A. lingulata Du & Wang, sp.n. from Shaanxi and Sichuan Province. A. annulata is similar to A. tricintusidens Wang & Zhu inan apical cavity of the epiproct, but the epiproct ventral sclerite and the median paraproct lobe of the two species are different. A. lingulata is related to A. didyma Zhu & Yang inthe similar epiproct, but they differ mostly in paraproct median and outer lobes.
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970