Sphaeronemoura multicurvata Li, Li & Yang, 2020

Zhao, Meng-Yuan & Du, Yu-Zhou, 2020, A new species of Sphaeronemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from China and additions to three other species of the genus, Zootaxa 4851 (3), pp. 583-592 : 590

Sphaeronemoura multicurvata Li, Li & Yang, 2020

Sphaeronemoura multicurvata: Li, Li & Yang, 2020 . Zootaxa, 4722 (3): 234.

Type locality: China, Sichuan Province, Pingwu County .

Material examined: 1♂, China, Sichuan Province, Pingwu County, Laohegou Nature Reserve , 1703m, 2012- Ⅴ-25, leg. Ji Xiao-Yu, Tang Xiao-Tian ( ICYZU). Paratypes , 1♂, China, Sichuan province, Pingwu County, Laohegou Nature Reserve , 2126m, 2012-V-27, leg. Ji Xiao-Yu, Tang Xiao-Tian ( ICYZU) ; 1♂, China, Hubei Province, Yichang county, Shennongjia , 1360m, N 31°29.815′ E 110°23.260′, 2011-V-18, leg. Li Ze-Jian ( ICYZU) .

Distribution: China (Sichuan, Hubei).

Adult habitus: Male characteristics were shown in Figs. 11-12 with the epiproct apically tapered and formed as a long, wavy, curved whiplash. The female was well described by Li et al. (2020).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Sphaeronemoura multicurvata. Male abdomen, A: ventral view; B: dorsal view; C: lateral view; D: paraproct.

FIGURE 12. Sphaeronemoura multicurvata. Male, A: cervical gills, ventral view; B-D: terminalia (dorsal, ventral, lateral view).