Discovery of Mesyatsia karakorum (Šámal, 1935) (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) in Yunnan Province of China

Abstract

Mesyatsia karakorum (Šámal, 1935) is recorded from Yunnan Province of southwestern China for the first time. Supplementary re-descriptions and photos of the species are presented based on males, females and exuviae. Data on habitat preference, species co-existing, behaviour, collecting methods and intraspecific genitalic variation of M. karakorum are provided.

Keywords:

• Plecoptera
• Taeniopterygidae
• Mesyatsia
• first record
• faunistics
• China

Acknowledgements

Doctor Zhen-Xing Ma is appreciated for assistance in collecting the specimens. Doctor Ji-Shen Wang provided help in the photographing process. I am also grateful to the editor and reviewers for helpful comments and manuscript improvement.

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Funding

This work is funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20201009) and the Start-up Funding of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (1182931901).