Neoperla amoena, 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 : 70-71

4 Penis tube and base of everted endophallus stand in a straight line, the bare basal section of the endophallus is long ( Fig. 164 ). Some males have dark wings and bicolorous legs ( Fig. 161 ).................................... 29 N. amoena n. sp.

4' No straight basal area, the endophallus curves to the ventral side................................................ 5

Figures

FIGURES 161–168. Neoperla amoena n. sp.. ♁ holotype: 161–163, habitus and abdominal tip (not to scale; NEOP070); 164–166, penis, only 164 to scale; ♀ paratype from Bamako: 167, 168, genital situs and egg. Scales are 100µm. bbs, bare basal stretch; tf, transverse folds; sa, spermatheca; SSt, spermathecal stalk; V, vagina.