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Leuctra jahorinensis Reding, Vinçon & Graf, 2023, nov. stat.

  • 1. Petit-Berne 2, CH- 2035 Corcelles, Switzerland
  • 2. Bd Joseph Vallier 55, F- 38100 Grenoble, France
  • 3. BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology and Water management, Gregor Mendelstr. 33, A- 1180 Vienna, Austria

Description

Description of Leuctra jahorinensis nov. stat.

(Figs. E1–E 6; Kaćanski, 1972, her Figs. 1a–1j) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E11584DC-0D96-4132-81FF-0527D2FC9DD5

Morphological diagnosis. A small-sized Leuctra species. Body length of males: 5.5 mm; females 7.0 mm (n = 2). Males and females distinctly brachypterous (Fig. E1). Posteromedial process on tergite VIII of adult males triangular in shape, with a deep and wide median indentation (Figs. E2–E3).

Material examined. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. Jahorina Mountains. Crni Vrh Prača, spring of Prača River. 45° 43’ 02.7372” N, 18° 35’ 42.6336” E, 1460 m, (= type locality), 1♁, 1♀, 05.10.2007, leg. Dávid Murányi (RED).

Description. Males (Figs. E1–E4). Tergite VII pale membranous, without processes, but with thinly sclerotized antecosta (Fig. E3). Antecosta of tergite VIII with dark, sclerotized margins having the shape of a small and narrow parabolic curve, with a posteromedial process attached to its vertex (Figs. E2–E3). Posteromedial process on tergite VIII widely triangular in shape, medially deeply indented (Figs. E2–E3). Specillum gently curved in lateral view and tapering out in a rounded tip; slightly longer than the stylus (Fig. E4). Sternite IX with a well-developed vesicle.

Females (Figs. E5–E6). Proximal half of subgenital plate with a small nob, not visible in ventral view (Fig. E5) and hardly prominent in lateral (Fig. E6) view. Distal half with bifurcated lobes (Fig. E5).

Nymphs. Unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Reding, Jean-Paul G., Vinçon, Gilles & Graf, Wolfram, 2023, Notes on Leuctra signifera Kempny, 1899 and Leuctra austriaca Aubert, 1954 (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), with the description of a new species, pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 5296 (1) on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7970066

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Identifiers

Biodiversity

Collection code
RED
Event date
2007-05-10
Verbatim event date
2007-05-10
Scientific name authorship
Reding & Vinçon & Graf
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Leuctridae
Genus
Leuctra
Species
jahorinensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
stat. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Leuctra jahorinensis (, 1972) sec. Reding, Vinçon & Graf, 2023

References

  • Kacanski, D. (1972) Leuctra signifera jahorinensis n. ssp., eine neue Plecopteren-Subspecies aus Jugoslawien. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique suisse, 45 (1 - 3), 37 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.5169 / seals- 401672