identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
32525E695E01CA2EFF73947CFCFBFD05.text	32525E695E01CA2EFF73947CFCFBFD05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhopalopsole basinigra Yang & Yang 1995	<div><p>Rhopalopsole basinigra Yang &amp; Yang, 1995</p><p>Fig. 1</p><p>Material examined:   3 males, China, Fujian Province,  Mt. Wuyi, 2021-III-18, leg. Huo Qing-Bo and Zhu Bin-Qing (ICYZU)  .</p><p>Distribution: China (Fujian, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Zhejiang)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/32525E695E01CA2EFF73947CFCFBFD05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Yang, Xiao;Du, Yu-Zhou	Yang, Xiao, Du, Yu-Zhou (2025): The restoration of the taxonomic status of Rhopalopsole trichotoma Yang & Du, 2021. Zootaxa 5613 (1): 196-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.12
32525E695E01CA2DFF739360FB22F911.text	32525E695E01CA2DFF739360FB22F911.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhopalopsole trichotoma Yang & Du 2021	<div><p>Rhopalopsole trichotoma Yang &amp; Du, 2021</p><p>Figs. 2–4</p><p>Rhopalopsole trichotoma Yang &amp; Du, 2021 . In: Yang et al. 2021: 146.</p><p>Type locality: China: Fujian Province,  Wuyi Mountain .</p><p>Material examined:   2 males, China, Fujian Province,  Mt. Wuyi, 2021-III-19, leg. Huo Qing-Bo and Zhu Bin-Qing (ICYZU)  .</p><p>Distribution: China (Fujian)</p><p>Remarks and Conclusion: If Luo et al. (2022) had checked the specimens of  R. basinigra collected from Wuyi Mountains, they likely would not have regarded  R. trichotoma as a synonym of this species (Fig. 3). Fortunately, we have recently collected specimens of  R. basinigra from Wuyi Mountains. The figures of  R. basinigra are presented below (Fig. 1) and can be clearly distinguished from  R. trichotoma by (1) sternum 9 has two lines strongly sclerotized apically (Fig. 1C); (2) tergum 9 bears a bottle-like and strongly sclerotized structure medially (Figs. 1A–B); (3) tergum 10 bearing a large, strongly sclerotized central plate (Fig. 1A). Conversely, in  R. trichotoma (1) sternum 9 lacks the two strongly sclerotized apical lines (Figs. 2C, 3C); (2) tergum 9 bears an oval structure medially (Figs. 2A, 3A); (3) tergum 10 bears a large central plate irregularly covered with sensilla basiconica patch in two oval, lightly sclerotized posteromedial areas (Figs. 2A–B, 3A–B). The shape of the transverse plates and lateral projections also bear some differences between these two species.</p><p>The genetic distance data and phylogenetic analyses also provide ample evidence that  R. trichotoma and  R. basinigra are not the same species (Table 1, Fig. 4). The interspecific genetic distance value of the mtCOI gene sequence between  R. trichotoma and the two  R. basinigra individuals is 6.5% and 6.2%. The value is more than the commonly used 2% for species delimitation with DNA barcoding (Zhou et al. 2009). The Maximum likelihood (ML) tree (Fig. 4) shows  R. basinigra KY 304496 and  R. basinigra KY 304497 supported by a high bootstrap value (98%), but neither is grouped individually with  R. trichotoma . Overall, based on morphological characteristics and molecular evidence, we determined that  R. trichotoma Yang &amp; Du, 2021 is a valid species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/32525E695E01CA2DFF739360FB22F911	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Yang, Xiao;Du, Yu-Zhou	Yang, Xiao, Du, Yu-Zhou (2025): The restoration of the taxonomic status of Rhopalopsole trichotoma Yang & Du, 2021. Zootaxa 5613 (1): 196-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.12
