Paraleuctra cercia ( Okamoto, 1922 )

Murányi, Dávid & Hwang, Jeong Mi, 2017, Four new species and further contributions to the Leuctridae (Plecoptera) of the Korean Peninsula, Zootaxa 4282 (1), pp. 43-61 : 47

Paraleuctra cercia ( Okamoto, 1922)

Leuctra cercia Okamoto, 1922 — Okamoto 1922: 37. (original description of male and female).

Paraleuctra cercia ( Okamoto, 1922) — Kawai 1967: 36. (comb. n.; redescription of male and female); Zhiltzova 1976: 60. (redescription of male and female; first record from Russia); Kim et al. 1998: 421. (first record from South Korea); Shimizu 2000: 291. (redescription of male and female; synonymy of L. forficularis and L. higashiyamae ); Zhiltzova 2003: 492. (monograph); Zwick 2010: 89 . (complementary description, further records from South Korea).

Leuctra forficularis Okamoto, 1922 — Okamoto 1922: 39. (original description of male and female).

Paraleuctra forficularis ( Okamoto, 1922) — Kawai 1976: 7. (comb. n.).

Leuctra higashiyamae Kohno, 1965 — Kohno 1965: 41. (original description of male).

New material. SOUTH KOREA: GW, Wonju-si , Chiaksan (Mt.), Sillim-myeon, upper section of a forest brook towards Sangwon-sa, 930m, N37°18.071' E128°03.396', 14.v.2016, leg. J.M. Hwang, D. Murányi et al.: 1♀ ( HNHM) . lower section of the same brook, 850m, N37°18.047' E128°03.535', same date and collectors: 1♀ (HNHM). GW, Wonju-si , Sillim-myeon, Chiaksan (Mt.), 20.v.2003, leg. J.M. Hwang: 3♀ ( KUEM) . CN, Gongjusi , Gyeryong-myeon, Eunseon falls, N: 37°58'36.4" E: 127°12'35.0", 13.v.2015, leg. J.M. Hwang: 1♀ ( KUEM) . GB, Yeongju-si , Punggi-eup , Gyochon-ri , Birosa, Sobaeksan (Mt.), 31.v.2015, leg. J.C. Jung: 15♂ 13♀ ( KUEM) . GB, Cheongdo-gun , Unmun-myeon , Munsuseonwon, Unmunsan (Mt.), N: 35°38'32" E: 128°57'50", 8–30.iv.2016, leg. J.W.Lee: 3♂ ( KUEM) .

Remarks. This widespread and common species was previously known only from South Korea of the Korean Peninsula ( Fig. 29 ).

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 31. Korean distribution of the genera Despaxia Ricker, 1943, Leuctra Stephens, 1836, Megaleuctra Neave, 1934 and Paraleuctra Hanson, 1941 — 26: Despaxia asiatica Zwick, 2010; 27: Leuctra fusca tergostyla Wu, 1973; 28: Megaleuctra saebat Ham & Bae, 2002; 29: Paraleuctra cercia (Okamoto, 1922); 30: P. malaisei Zwick, 2010; 31: P. paramalaisei sp. n. (circle with central dot) and Paraleuctra sp., occidentalis group (open circle) — circle with central dot indicates type locality.