Neoperla plicata, Zwick & Zwick, 2023

Zwick, Peter & Zwick, Andreas, 2023, Revision of the African Neoperla Needham, 1905 (Plecoptera: Perlidae: Perlinae) based on morphological and molecular data, Zootaxa 5316 (1), pp. 1-194 : 71

2' S8 with a pale anchor-pattern, the slender vagina with lateral sclerite rods. Egg without striae, both poles narrow, equatorial region wide ( Figs. 154–156 )............................................................... 27 N. plicata n. sp.

Figures

FIGURES 154–160. Neoperla plicata n. sp. and N. pirus n. sp.. N. plicata: 154, female from Makokou, genital situs, genitalia flipped back from S8 which is shown upside down; 155, egg of same; 156, diagrammatic section through anchor pole of same; 156 egg of ♀ from Odzala N. P.. N. pirus: 158, genital situs and egg of ♀ holotype, plus semitransparent detail of a second egg (NEOP064). Scales are 100µm. a, anchor; c, collar; cf, concertinated transverse folds; ls, lateral sclerite; sa, spermatheca; SSt, spermathecal stalk; V, vagina.