Protonemura alexidis Vinçon, Launay & Reding, 2021

Vinçon, Gilles, Launay, Bertrand & Reding, Jean-Paul G., 2021, Two new species of Protonemura Kempny, 1898 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Southern France, Zootaxa 5061 (3), pp. 432-450 : 436-437

Protonemura alexidis Vinçon, Launay & Reding sp. n.

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(Figs. 11–22)

– Protonemura spinulosa (sub nom. Protonemura fumosa spinulosa ) ( Aubert 1963b: 167)

– Protonemura spinulosa (sub nom. Protonemura fumosa spinulosa ) ( Aubert 1963c: 41)

– Protonemura risi (sequence MK584489 on GenBank; GBMNB60343-20 on Boldsystems website, www.boldsystems.org), specimen morphologically re-identified as Protonemura alexidis sp. n. by the second author

Morphological diagnosis. A medium-sized Protonemura species. Body length of males 5–7 mm (n = 46), females 7–9 mm (n = 43). Males and females macropterous. General color light reddish-brown; head dark; antennae and legs light brown-colored. Forewings smoky brown. Cervical gills short, without pre-apical constriction (cf. Fig. 30). Sclerotized base of median lobe of the paraprocts of adult males pea-shaped in ventral view (Fig. 15). Tip of epiproct with two small protruding elongated spines pointing forward, in lateral (Figs. 11–12) and dorsal (Fig. 14) views. Lower edge of the subgenital plate of adult females rectilinear (Fig. 19) or slightly convex in its middle (Fig. 20). Vaginal lobes of the subgenital plate medium-sized, well visible at the lower edges (Figs. 21–22).

Type material. Holotype male: FRANCE: Massif Central , Aude , Montagne Noire , Arnette tributary, Thoré tributary, southwest of Pic de Nore, 850 m, 43.412N, 2.448E, 01.05.1991, leg. G. Vinçon ( MZL, catalogue number: GBIFCH00660524).

Paratypes: FRANCE: Aigoual Massif , Gard , above St André-de-Valborgne, Gardon de St Jean tributary, brook, 460 m, 44.16N, 3.677E, 09.10.1994, 1♂, 4♀, leg. G. Vinçon ( MZL, catalogue number: GBIFCH00660525) .