Kiotina quadrituberculata Wu, 1948

Stark, Bill P. & Sivec, Ignac, 2008, Systematic Notes On Kiotina Klapálek And Hemacroneuria Enderlein (Plecoptera: Perlidae), With Description Of Four New Species, Illiesia 4 (17), pp. 161-175 : 167

Kiotina quadrituberculata Wu

( Figs. 20–22 )

Kiotina quadrituberculata Wu, 1948:148 .

Holotype ♂, presumed lost (Yenching University Collection). Tachu-luan , Shao-wu, Fukien (Fujian), China

Material examined. China: Fukien (Fujian) Province, Ta-chu-laun, foot of Kuatun Mountain , 4500 feet, 1-5 May 1948, J. Fu, 2 ♂ ( USNM) .

Adult habitus. Obscured by specimen condition but general color dark brown to black. Head black, pronotum black with pale lateral margins. Costal area of wings pale, contrasting with dark brown on rest of wing membrane. Antennae and legs dark brown to black.

Male. Forewing length 15-16 mm. Tergum 10 bearing a pair of short, triangular spines positioned on either side of epiproct sclerite, and a pair of darkened, blunt projections on posterior margin above cercal bases ( Fig. 20 ). Epiproct sclerite Y-shaped with short stem and truncate posterior margin. Paraprocts narrowly triangular with outer margins sclerotized and inner margins pale ( Figs. 21 ); suture along base of paraprocts dark. Hammer transversely oval ( Fig. 22 ). Aedeagus not everted, but apparently a membranous, multilobed, wide sac armed with microtrichia.

Female. Unknown.

Larva. Unknown.

Remarks. The type material for this species is presumed lost or destroyed, and to our knowledge, no neotype has been proposed. Although these two males are in poor condition, they are apparently from a site very near the type locality and were taken in the same time frame as the holotype. Consequently, we regard these specimens as topotype representatives for this species known only from Fujian Province, China. Fresh material, including gravid females from the type locality would be highly desirable. In the absence of fresh material from the type locality, one of these specimens would be a suitable neotype.

Figures

Figs. 20-22. Kiotina quadrituberculata structures. 20. Male terminalia, dorsal, 21. Male paraproct, caudoventral aspect, 22. Male sternum 9.