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Two new species of Nemouridae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from China

Zhe-Yu CHEN

en European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 (651) - Pages 1-16

Published on 25 May 2020

Nemoura Latreille, 1796 and Amphinemura Ris, 1902 are the two largest genera of Nemouridae in China. In this paper, two new species are described and illustrated from China: Nemoura lixiana sp. nov. from Sichuan Province and Amphinemura jiaoheensis sp. nov. from Jilin Province. The two new species are diagnostic from congeners by the genitalic structures in males and females.


Keywords:

Stoneflies, taxonomy, morphology, new taxon, biodiversity.

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