Neoperla multiserrata, 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 : 88

5‘ T8 with large raised hump, HT10 a slender straight spike. Penis long, straight, ventrodistal spine patch rudimentary. Endophallus dorsally with long rows of serially arranged spines, ventrally completely bare ( Figs. 197–200 )..... 36 N. multiserrata n. sp.

6 Process of T7 short, sometimes button-like, little higher than the process on T8. Dorsal spine band on endophallus much longer than ventral band ( N. dubia -complex)..................................................................... 7

6' Process of T7 pyramidal, about triangular in dorsal and lateral views, projecting beyond front of T8 and located higher than the forward-inclined hump on T8. Remainder variable........................................................... 9

Figures

FIGURES 193–200. Neoperla pusilla n. sp. and N. multiserrata n. sp., holotype ♁♁. N. pusilla: 193, 194, abdominal tip; 195, everted penis; 196, basal portion of endophallus. N. multiserrata: 197, 198, abdominal tip; 199, everted penis (the subterminal constriction of the penis tube is an artifact); 200, everted endophallus. Abdomina in dorsal and lateral views, tergites and hemitergite10 labelled; arrows in 195 and 200 indicate ventro-apical spinules. Only 196 to scale.