Neoperla funiculata, 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 : 89

15 On S8 an anchor-shaped pale mark separates a short and narrow transverse arched mark from the large anterior mark. SSt long, tubular. Egg costae and sulci of similar width, both smooth, neither punctate ( Figs. 264–266 )........ 47 N. funiculata n. sp.

15‘ On S8 a white arrowhead separates a large anterior brown mark from a short and transverse caudal mark. Egg sulci punctate. .................................................................................................. 16

Figures

FIGURES 258–266. Neoperla funiculata n. sp.: ♁ holotype 258, 259, ♁ abdominal tip, dorsal and lateral; not to scale; 260, apex of penis with incompletely everted endophallus; 261, enlarged apex of endophallus; note that it contains 2 more rows of un-everted spines. Paratypes from Kalengo stream, D. R. Congo: 262, 263, contracted penis in lateral and dorsal views; 264, ♀ genital situs, vagina flipped back to expose pattern on S8; 265, SEM-micrograph of egg (courtesy of MPI for Limnology, Pl̂n); 266, detail of chorion. Unless differently indicated, scale lines are 100µm, other figures not to scale. FIGURES 267–271. Neoperla biserrata n. sp., male holotype. 267, 268, cleared abdominal tip in oblique dorsal and lateral views, not to scale; 269, 270, contracted penis in dorsal, lateral, and ventral views, scale line is 500µm; 271, detail of endophallus near base. Tergites, HT10 and cercus are labeled. co, costa; mi, micropyle; sa, spermatheca; SSt, spermathecal stalk; su, sulcus; V, vagina.