Neoperla pusilla, 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 a minute raised hump almost concealed by a long process of T7. HT10 finger-shaped, wing length only ~ 7mm. Penis tube angled near basal third ( Fig. 195 ), tip with ventrodistal spine patch (arrow in Fig. 196 ) Endophallus on ventral side with a short crest composed of some erect spines ( Figs. 193–196 )...................................... 35 N. pusilla n. sp.

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.