Kamimuria circumspina Li, Mo & Yang, 2019

Yan, Yanhua, Kong, Fanbin & Li, Weihai, 2021, A new species of Kamimuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from China, with notes on K circumspina Li, Mo & Yang, 2019, Zootaxa 4927 (4), pp. 549-558 : 555-556

Kamimuria circumspina Li, Mo & Yang, 2019

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Female ( Figs. 6 a–6c). The body color similar to males. Subgenital plate ca. half width of sternum 8; the plate short and slightly overhanging anterior portion of sternum 9. Posterolateral lobes triangular and the median notch archshaped, quite narrow, ca. 1/6 width of the subgenital plate. Sternum 9 dark brown, with shallow, wide anteromedial incision. Vagina mostly membranous, basal half subquadrate and apical half hexagonal, spermatheca stalk slender, spermatheca resembling an irregular balloon, basally triangular but apex greatly enlarged, with mesal gland.

Egg ( Figs. 6d , 7 a–7d). Oval-shaped but slightly constricted near collar end, opercular end rounded. Chorion brown, 350–360 μm long and 233–241 μm wide (N=4). Micropyles more than 3. Collar rim smooth, surrounded by a row of FCIs. Collar end with a row of FCIs, some of the FCIs open, chorionic surface smooth.

Examined material. 4 males and 2 females ( CAU), Fujian Province, Wuyishan City , 735m, 2009.VII.12, light trap, N 27.4457°, E 117.4045°, Li Shi & Xiaoyan Liu .

Distribution. China (Fujian).

Remarks. Our specimens agree well with the original description and illustrations by Li et al. (2019). This species was originally found in Guizhou province, Wuling Mountains. It is reported from Fujian province for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Kamimuria circumspina Li, Mo & Yang, 2019 (female). a. Head and pronotum, dorsal view. b. Terminalia, ventral view. c. Vagina, dorsal view. d. Eggs, lateral view.

FIGURE 7. Kamimuria dabieshana Li, Mo & Yang, 2019. a. Entire egg, lateral view. b. Collar end, lateral view. c. Opercular end, lateral view. d. Micropyles (arrow).