Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993

Li, Weihai, Murányi, Dávid, Gamboa, Maribet, Yang, Ding & Watanabe, Kozo, 2017, New species and records of Leuctridae (Plecoptera) from Guangxi, China, on the basis of morphological and molecular data, with emphasis on Rhopalopsole, Zootaxa 4243 (1), pp. 165-176 : 173

Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993

( Figs. 19, 21–22 )

Material examined. 2 6 3♀ (1 6 2♀ HIST, 1 6 1♀ HNHM; 1♀ used for molecular studies): China, Guangxi Province, Wuming County, Liangjiang town , Neichao , Neichao River above Neichao Ming Hotel , N23°29.664' E108°21.622', 220m, 24.iii.2015 (/08), leg. J.Y. Li, S. Li, W.H. Li, D. Murányi ; 1♀ ( HNHM): Shangsi County, Shiwandashan National Forest Park, light trap on Yunwu Hotel balcony above Pearl River , N21°54.316' E107°54.203', 295m, 26–29.iii.2015 (/14), leg. J. Kontschán, J.Y. Li, S. Li, W.H. Li, D. Murányi, G.Q. Wang ; 1♀ ( HNHM): Shangsi County, Shiwandashan National Forest Park, Pearl River below tourist route bridge, N21°54.122’ E107°54.292’, 315m, 27–29.iii.2015 (/17), leg. J. Kontschán, J.Y. Li, S. Li, W.H. Li, D. Murányi, G.Q. Wang ; 1♂ ( HNHM): Shangsi County, Shiwanda Mts, Wanggui village , Pinglong River and agricultural area at the village, N21°52.411’ E107°49.996’, 260m, 28.iii.2015 (/18), leg. J. Kontschán, W.H. Li, D. Murányi, G.Q. Wang ; 2♂ 2♀ ( HNHM): Shangsi County, Shiwandashan National Forest Park, Minan River and the surrounding forest, N21°51.869' E107°50.712', 300m, 28.iii.2015 (/19), leg. J. Kontschán, W.H. Li, D. Murányi, G.Q. Wang .

Remarks. A widely distributed species in Oriental China, but also known from the Palaearctic Region of China into Ningxia. This species was described from Giuzhou Province, later reported from Ningxia, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong ( Qian & Du 2014, Yang & Li 2016). A male specimen from northern Vietnam was reported with doubt ( Harrison & Stark 2008). As mentioned above, this species can be easily distinguished on the basis of long setae of the antenna ( Fig. 20–21 ). In addition, we provide a figure of the female terminalia ( Fig. 19 ) that is similar to the one illustrated from Sichuan by Sivec et al. (2008: fig. 23.12) as member of the R. furcospina complex.

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FIGURES 16 – 21. Rhopalopsole spp. from China, Guangxi— 16: female terminalia, ventral view, putative R. triangulis sp. nov., Damingshan National Natural Reserve; 17: female terminalia, ventral view, R. cestroidea sp. nov., Shiwandashan National Forest Park; 18: same, lateral view; 19: female terminalia, ventral view, R. sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993, Shiwandashan National Forest Park; 20: basal portion of male antenna, R. furcospina (Wu, 1973), Neichao; 21: basal portion of male antenna, R. sinensis, Shiwandashan National Forest Park—scales 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 22. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree of coxI. Branches numbers indicate bootstrap support from maximum likelihood analysis. The scale bar represent the rate of base substitutions. M: male; F: female; Rhopalopsole-spn: R. cestroidea sp. nov.