Neoperla pallidogigas, 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 : 18

9 Large-bodied, wings approximately 24 mm long. Egg drum-shaped, with low, sharply delimited cap, sides with approximately 16–18 flat, complexly structured dextrogyrous costae separated by narrow fissures. Collar integrated into contour of egg ( Figs. 59–62 )........................................................................... 12 N. pallidogigas n. sp.

Figures

FIGURES 59–62. Neoperla pallidogigas n. sp., female holotype: 59, genital situs, diagrammatic; 60, egg; 61, detail of striae, the white arrow points at a micropyle, the black arrow indicates the faint longitudinal line on the costa; 62, detached operculum. Scales are 100µm. sa, spermatheca; SSt, spermathecal stalk; tc, transverse cells between operculum and striae; V, vagina.