Title: New species of Nemouridae (Plecoptera) from China
Abstract: Abstract The following 10 species of the family Nemouridae from China are described as new to science: Amphinemura apiciglobosa sp. nov., A. bihamata sp. nov., A. ctenospina sp. nov., A. flabellata sp. nov., A. hamiornata sp. nov., A. ludinganus sp. nov., A. zhoui sp. nov., Indonemoura nigrihamita sp. nov., Protonemura biintrans sp. nov., Nemoura mucronata sp. nov. Two Indonemoura species, I. assami (Aubert, 1967 Aubert, J. 1967. "Les Nemouridae de l'Assam (Plécoptères),". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 39: 209–253. [Google Scholar]) and I. shergaoni (Aubert, 1967 Aubert, J. 1967. "Les Nemouridae de l'Assam (Plécoptères),". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 39: 209–253. [Google Scholar]), are recorded from China for the first time. Keywords: PlecopteraNemouridae Indonemoura new speciesChina Acknowledgements We are very indebted to Prof. Zaifu Xu (Guangzhou) for his kind help during the survey in Guangdong. We also thank Mr Xingyue Liu, Mr Jingxian Liu, Mr Gang Yao, Ms Yinxia Liao, Ms Yajun Zhu and Mrs Junhua Zhang (Beijing) for providing the specimens. We also thank Dr Peter Zwick for critical review of this manuscript. Finally, we thank Mr Jian Yao and Mrs Xiaolin Chen (Beijing) for their kind help in examination of the collection of IZCAS. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30225009).
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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