Neoperla lineata, 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 : 19

15 S8 caudally not prolonged, SSt short, approximately twice as long as vagina. Egg with many straight striae and a pale ring at base of operculum ( Figs. 344–350 )........................................................ 61 N. lineata n. sp.

15' S8 caudally extended, distal part of anchor-shaped mark parabolic............................................. 16

Figures

FIGURES 344–350. Neoperla lineata n. sp., female holotype: 344, fore body; 345, genital situs, vagina and SSt were flipped back to expose the anchor pattern on S8; 346, entry of SSt into vagina, arrow points at fine spicules; 347, egg; 348, count of costae on one quadrant of an egg cross-section (from a photograph); 349, detail of pale ring between striae and operculum; 350, micropyle (arrow) in the narrow sulcus between 2 costae, scale is 10µm; the other scales are 100µm. S8, sternite 8; sa, spermatheca; SSt, spermathecal stalk; V, vagina.