Rhopalopsole spiniplatta (Wu, 1949)

Yang, Yu-Ben, Zhu, Bin-Qing, Rehman, Abdur & Du, Yu-Zhou, 2022, A review of Leuctridae (Insecta, Plecoptera) in Wuyi Mountains, China, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 86735-86735 : 86735

Rhopalopsole spiniplatta (Wu, 1949)

Leuctra spiniplatta : Wu (1949): 252.

Rhopalopsole spiniplatta : Illies (1966): 119.

Description

Material examined

No specimen of this species was found.

Diagnosis and remarks

Type of R. spiniplatta from 1949 is destroyed or lost ( Wu 1962). The description in the original literature is not detailed and the drawing is very poor (Fig. 3 ). However, the distinguishing characteristics of this species are unusual: subanal lobes bordered with black spines and short processes on lateral projections (Fig. 3 A and B). We will try to collect the species in the next trip; this could resolve the exact identity of this species.

Type locality

China, Fujian Province (Ta-chu-luan, Shao-wu).

Distribution

China (Fujian).

Figures

Figure 3. Rhopalopsole spiniplatta (Wu, 1949). A Male terminalia, dorsal view; B Male terminalia, ventral view; C Male terminalia, lateral view. Modified from Wu (1949).