Three new species of Illiesonemoura Baumann, 1975 (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Illiesonemoura Baumann, 1975 (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) is a small-sized stonefly with slender and curved embranous cerci. Currently, 18 species of the genus are known worldwide, mainly distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, with a total of two species known to China.

New information

Three new species of Illiesonemoura Baumann, 1975, I.bituberculata Wang & Du, sp. nov., I.motuoensis Du & Ji, sp. nov. and I.weii Du & Ji, sp. nov. are described and illustrated, based on male adults from China. Illiesonemourabituberculata is characterised by two pairs of tubercles arising posteromedially from tergum 10 and by two rows of spinules outlining the lateral edge of the ventral sclerite of the epiproct. Illi

SUBMITTER: Wang ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10838080 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature