Sphaeronemoura elephas ( Zwick, 1974 )

Li, Weihai, Li, Wenliang & Yang, Ding, 2020, Additions to Sphaeronemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Oriental China, Zootaxa 4722 (3), pp. 234-240 : 238

Sphaeronemoura elephas ( Zwick, 1974)

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Examined material: 2 males ( HIST): CHINA: Jiangxi Province, Yongxiu County, Yunjushane, Baihua Valley , N 29°50’ E 115°35’, 900 m, 2016.IV.10, leg. R. F. Wang & W.H. Li .

Distribution: China ( Taiwan and Jiangxi Province).

Remarks: This species originally described in the genus Nemoura Latreille, 1796 , is reported from Jiangxi Province of southeastern China for the first time, and it also represents the first record for continental China. We present color illustrations herein to aid in the identification of this species.

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FIGURE 4. Sphaeronemoura elephas Zwick, 1974. Male. a: adult habitus, dorsal view; b: epiproct and tergal projection, dorsal view; c: relaxed epiproct, dorsal view; d: paraproct, caudolateral view. e: epiproct, lateral view.