Mesyatsia karakorum ( Šámal, 1935 )

Du, Yu-Zhou & Chen, Zhi-Teng, 2019, Review of the rare and little-known Chinese species of the family Taeniopterygidae (Plecoptera), with description of two new species of Kyphopteryx, Zootaxa 4550 (1), pp. 129-134 : 130

Mesyatsia karakorum ( Šámal, 1935)

Oemopteryx karakorum Šámal, 1935 . Wiss. Ergebn. Niederl. Exped. Karakorum. 1: 122. Type locality: Karakorum. Rhabdiopteryx lunata Kimmins, 1947 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13: 722. Type locality: Tibet (Rongbuk).

Rhabdiopteryx lunata: Illies, 1966 . Das Tierreich. 82: 65.

Oemopteryx karakorum: Illies, 1966 . Das Tierreich. 82: 462.

Doddsia lunata: Zwick, 1973 . Das Tierreich. 94: 313.

Rhabdiopteryx lunata: Ricker & Ross, 1975 . Can. J. Zool. 53: 138.

Rhabdiopteryx karakorum: Ricker & Ross, 1975 . Can. J. Zool. 53: 143.

Mesyatsia karakorum ( Šámal, 1935) (= Rhabdiopteryx lunata Kimmins, 1947 ): Zwick & Sivec, 1980. Entomol. Basil. 5: 61.

Remarks. Males of this species are characterized by epiproct twice curved with two quadrate and one spherical processes, and apically with a pair of rounded lobes terminating in a small and slightly bifurcated process. Females of this species are defined by abdominal sternum 7 with a V-shaped notch, and by abdominal sternum 8 rhomboidal with a blunt tip (see fig. 2 in Kimmins 1947).

Distribution. China (Tibet), India, Pakistan, Nepal.