Rhopalopsole Vn A

Stark, Bill P., Sivec, Ignac & Shimizu, Takao, 2012, Notes On Rhopalopsole Klapálek (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), With Descriptions Of Three New Species From Vietnam, Illiesia 8 (13), pp. 134-140 : 139

Rhopalopsole Vn A

( Fig. 12 )

Material examined. Vietnam: Cao Bang, Ba Be National Park, jct road to Lake Ba Be and trail to ethnic village, 19 May 1995, ROM 956101 , D.C. Currie, K. Ciruna, J. Whiting, 1♀ ( ROM) .

Male. Unknown.

Female. Pigment pattern obscured by teneral specimen condition. Forewing length 6.0 mm. Sternum 7 prolonged as a narrow, apically rounded, tongue-shaped projection; lateral margins of projection sclerotized, median field and apex membranous ( Fig. 12 ). Sternum 8 with a broad, transverse sclerite near posterior margin, and a membranous, hairy basolateral area ( Fig. 12 ).

Larva. Unknown.

Diagnosis. The subgenital plate of this female does not closely match that of any of the known species, however, the projection from sternum 7 is generally similar to that of R. gladifera ( Zwick 1977, Sivec et al. 2008), a species known from Bhutan.

Figures

Fig. 12. Rhopalopsole Vn A. 12. Female abdominal sterna 7-8.