Rhopalopsole basinigra Yang & Yang, 1995

Luo, Jun, Yao, Gang, Wang, Mingju & Li, Weihai, 2022, Two new synonyms of Rhopalopsole basinigra Yang & Yang, 1995 (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) with taxonomic notes on Rhopalopsole tianmuana Sivec & Harper, 2008, Zootaxa 5188 (3), pp. 290-296 : 291

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Rhopalopsole basinigra Yang & Yang, 1995 View in CoL

( Figs. 1–3 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 )

Rhopalopsole basinigra Yang & Yang, 1995: 20 View in CoL ; Qian & Du, 2012: 3; Yang & Du, 2021: 486.

Rhopalopsole duyuzhoui Sivec & Harper, 2008: 111 View in CoL ; Yang & Du, 2021: 486.

Rhopalopsole trichotoma Yang & Du, 2021 View in CoL . In: Yang et al. 2021: 146. syn. nov.

Rhopalopsole wulingensis Sivec & Shimizu, 2008 View in CoL . In: Sivec et al. 2008: 97. syn. nov.

Material examined. Rhopalopsole trichotoma Yang & Du, 2021 . syn. nov.: Zhejiang Province, Qingyuan, Baishanzu GoogleMaps , light trap, 550 m, N27.764444, E119.206436, 1994.IV.10, leg. Hong Wu.

Rhopalopsole wulingensis Sivec & Shimizu, 2008 , syn. nov.: 2 topotype males, ( CAU), China, Taiwan, Nantou County, Lianhuachi GoogleMaps , 675 m, N23.923625, E120.891292, 2010.XI.11, leg. Ding Yang.

Rhopalopsole basinigra Yang & Yang, 1995: 54 View in CoL males (teneral), Guizhou Province, Zunyi, Sanchahe GoogleMaps , 2012. III.29, N28.498211, E 106.406611, leg. Weihai Li.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang).

Remarks. Although with typical characters of R. basinigra , the single male from Baishanzu of Zhejiang (type locality of R. duyuzhoui ) was previously identified as R. duyuzhoui as a topotype because the top view of epiproct of R. basinigra was unknown in previous studies. The male is fully aged and shows identical head patterns and terminal characters of R. trichotoma with variations on the pigmentation of tergum 9 (which is typical for R. basinigra ) and a darkly pigmented central plate ( Fig. 1b View FIGURE 1 ). The original dorsal view of epiproct of holotype of R. trichotoma (figs. 5b & 6a, Yang et al. 2021) is identical with the top view ( Figs. 1b & 1e View FIGURE 1 , present study), plus the true dorsal aspect ( Fig. 1g View FIGURE 1 ) is identical to R. basinigra reported from the Guizhou Province (fig. 4a, Yang & Du, 2021). This difference of viewpoint can be due to the moveable hinge of base of epiproct in different males as shown below in Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 , in different individuals from Guizhou Province, and the position of epiproct can be also changed because of treatment of potassium hydroxide.

We checked two topotype males of R. wulingensis syn. nov. which was originally said to be closely related to R. trichotoma and found that one of them also has a similar central plate to R. trichotoma ( Fig. 2a View FIGURE 2 ), which previously had been considered a diagnostic characteristic by Yang et al. (2021). The pigmentation of tergum 9 of R. wulingensis syn. nov. is indistinct ( Fig. 2a View FIGURE 2 ), as in holotype of R. trichotoma (fig. 5b in Yang et al. 2021). These differences we considered herein as intraspecific variations related to age or degree of sclerotization. The trilobed epiproct in top and dorsal views is consistent with R. basinigra , especially with the populations of Guizhou (comparing Fig. 2b–d View FIGURE 2 and Figs. 3a–g View FIGURE 3 of the present study with figs. 4a–b in Yang & Du 2021).

We also checked the sensilla basiconica patch of Guizhou males that is invisible under light microscopy ( Fig. 3a View FIGURE 3 ). The microphotograph ( Fig. 3f View FIGURE 3 ) shows that the patch of sensilla basiconica forms well even in teneral adults. The pigmentation of tergum 9 in these males are indistinct thus we also consider as variations.

Overall, we considered these characters as intraspecific variations, and we therefore place these two species as junior synonym of R. basinigra .

References

Qian, Y. H. & Du, Y. Z. (2012) A new stonefly species, Rhopalopsole tricuspis (Leuctridae: Plecoptera), and three new records of stoneflies from the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi, China. Journal of Insect Science, 12, 47. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.4701

Sivec, I., Harper, P. P. & Shimizu, T. (2008) Contribution to the study of the Oriental genus Rhopalopsole (Plecoptera: Leuctridae). Scopolia, 64, 1 - 122.

Yang, D. & Yang, C. K. (1995) Plecoptera: Leuctridae. In: Zhu, T. (Ed.), Insects and Macrofungi of Gutianshan, Zhejiang. Zhejiang Science and Technology Press, Zhejiang, pp. 20 - 24.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Rhopalopsole trichotoma Yang & Du, 2021, syn. nov. (male from Baishanzu of Zhejiang Province). a: head and pronotum, dorsal view; b: cleared terminalia, dorsal view (with erect epiproct = top view of epiproct); c: cleared terminalia, ventral view; d: cleared terminalia, lateral view; e: cleared epiproct, top view; f: cleared epiproct, anterolateral view; g: cleared epiproct, dorsal view.

FIGURE 2. Rhopalopsole wulingensis Sivec & Shimizu, 2008, syn. nov. (male). a: cleared terminalia, dorsal view (with erect epiproct = top view); b: cleared epiproct, dorsal view; c: cleared epiproct, lateral view; d: cleared epiproct, anterolateral view. Figures from one male.

FIGURE 3. Rhopalopsole basinigra Yang & Yang, 1995 (males from Guizhou Province, Zunyi City). a: terminalia, dorsal view; b: terminalia, lateral view; c: epiproct top view, d: epiproct, lateral view; e: epiproct with slightly wider apex, dorsal view; f: epiproct apex and surface of central plate, lateral view; g: epiproct, lateral view. Figures from different males.