New data on two Southeast Asian species of the genus Chinoperla Zwick, 1980 (Plecoptera: Perlidae), with a description of Chinoperla zwicki sp. n.

Abstract

A new species of the stonefly genus Chinoperla Zwick, 1980, Chinoperla zwicki sp. n. is described from Houaphan Province of Laos based on strongly pigmented specimen and compared with related congeners. With this description, the genus Chinoperla is reported for the first time from Laos. Additionally, male adult of Chinoperla nigriceps (Banks, 1914) from Xizang is redescribed and it represents a new record for China.

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Keywords:

• Chinoperla
• Laos
• new species
• Perlinae
• stoneflies
• Xizang

Acknowledgements

We heartily thank Dr Wang Liang (Beijing) for providing the specimens. The helpful comments of Dr Zwick are appreciated. Collection of the specimens used in this study were partially supported by the National Animal Collection Resource Center, Beijing, China.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

We acknowledge the partial support of our research by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 31970402].