Neoperla sjostedti, Klapalek, 1909

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 : 132

20' The egg resembles the egg of N. sjostedti ( Fig. 456 ) and has straight striae, the SSt is only moderately long and forms ~2 rings, there are no long void basal sections ( Fig. 457 )................................ 79 N. sjostedti cf. needhami (by DNA)

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FIGURES 450–457. Neoperla sjostedti needhami Lestage and N. sp. aff. sjostedti. N. s. needhami: 450, 451, abdominal tip and contracted penis of the N. needhami lectotype; 452, ♁ from Pampana, Sierra Leone; 453, ♁ from Tukuyu, Tansania; 454, ♁ from Illubabaor, Ethiopia. Scales are 0.5mm, except for the details in 451; asterisks identify the caecum of penis. 455, 456, ♀ genital situs and an egg, Ethiopia, NW of Chora. N. sp. aff. N. sjostedti (by DNA) from Mentchum River, Cameroon: 457, ♀ genital situs. Scale is 100µm. Scales are 100µm; n, nail; sa, spermatheca; SSt, spermathecal stalk; V, vagina.