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Rhopalopsole shaanxiensis Yang & Yang 1994

  • 1. College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China & wenliangli @ haust. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9019 - 1223
  • 2. College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China & zhangyao 97321 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6438 - 6051
  • 3. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China & dyangcau @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7685 - 3478
  • 4. Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China & lwh 7969 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2803 - 4416

Description

Key to males of Chinese species in Rhopalopsole shaanxiensis Group

1. Epiproct widened toward apex........................................................................... 2

-. Epiproct generally tapering toward apex................................................................... 4

2. Epiproct with an apical point (figs. 4 & 5 in Li et al. 2011)............................................ R. longtana

-. Epiproct apically obtusely truncate (fig. 34.1 in sivec et al. 2008) or incised (Figs. 2a, 3c, 3e, present study)............. 3

3. Tergum 9 with three posterior projections (Figs. 2a & 3a in present study)....................... R. magnispina sp. nov.

-. Tergum 9 with truncate posterior margin (fig. 34.1 in Sivec et al. 2008).................................. R. qinllinga

4. Lateral projection of tergum 10 short, wider than long in lateral aspect (Figs. 11 & 12 in Qian & Du 2017)..... R. faciursina

-. Lateral projection of tergum 10 slender.................................................................... 5

5. Lateral projection with sharp tip in lateral aspect (figs. 35.3, 35.4 in Sivec et al. 2008)............................... 6

-. Lateral projection apically obtuse (fig. 37.3 in Sivec et al. 2008)................................................ 7

6. Subanal lobe trilobed apically (fig. 58 in Wu 1973)................................................. R. dentiloba

-. Subanal lobe entire apically (fig. 2 in Yang & Yang 1994; fig. 37.2 in Sivec et al. 2008).................. R. shaanxiensis

7. Subanal lobe with apical bifurcation (Figs. 1 & 3 in Yang & Yang 1991; fig. 35.2 in Sivec et al. 2008)......... R. apicispina

-. Subanal lobe entire (fig. 33.2 in Sivec et al. 2008).................................................... R. horvati

Notes

Published as part of Li, Wenliang, Zhang, Yao, Yang, Ding & Li, Weihai, 2022, Rhopalopsole magnispina sp. nov., a new species of Leuctridae (Plecoptera) from China, with notes on R. horvati Sivec & Harper, 2008, pp. 94-100 in Zootaxa 5141 (1) on page 96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/6577752

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Leuctridae
Genus
Rhopalopsole
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Plecoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Yang & Yang
Species
shaanxiensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhopalopsole shaanxiensis Yang, 1994 sec. Li, Zhang, Yang & Li, 2022

References

  • Li, W. H., Kong, F. B. & Yang, D. (2011) A new species of Rhopalopsole shaanxiensis species group (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 36, 246 - 248.
  • Sivec, I., Harper, P. P. & Shimizu, T. (2008) Contribution to the study of the Oriental genus Rhopalopsole (Plecoptera: Leuctridae). Scopolia, 64, 1 - 122.
  • Qian, Y. H. & Du, Y. Z. (2017) Two new species of Rhopalopsole (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) from China. Zootaxa, 4273 (2), 296 - 300. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4273.2.10
  • Wu, C. F. (1973) New species of Chinese stoneflies (Order Plecoptera). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 16, 97 - 118.
  • Yang, D. & Yang, C. K. (1994) Two new species of Rhopalopsole (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) from Shaanxi. Entomotaxonomia, 16, 189 - 191.
  • Yang, D. & Yang, C. K. (1991) New species of Plecoptera from Hubei. Journal of Hubei University, 13, 369 - 372.