Neoperla planidorsum, 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

7 SSt is a curved funnel densely coated with scales. Origin on vagina very wide, the free end narrows gradually. Egg with low conical cap and approximately 12 straight ridges on the punctate chorion, only the narrow collar is not puncate ( Figs. 94–95 )................................................................................ 17 N. planidorsum n. sp.

7' SSt and egg different.................................................................................. 8

Figures

FIGURES 91–95. Neoperla planidorsum, n. sp., holotype male: 91, abdominal tip, dorsal and partial lateral view, tergites numbered; 92, everted penis. 93, everted penis of ♁ from Suakoko. Female paratype: 94, caudal edge of S7 and genital situs in S8, diagrammatic, scaly area of SSt shaded, asterisk marks location of enlarged inset, the scale is 5µm; 95, egg. mi, micropyle; mic, micropylar canal; sa, spermatheca; sd, spermathecal duct; SSt, spermathecal stalk; v, vagina.