Nemoura papilla Okamoto, 1922

Yan, Yanhua, Ma, Cunxin, Yang, Ding & Li, Weihai, 2022, Species of Nemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Qinghai, China, Zootaxa 5168 (4), pp. 485-493 : 489-491

Nemoura papilla Okamoto, 1922

Material examined. 2 males and 3 females ( HIST): China, Qinghai Province, Haidong City, Huzhu County, Bazha Town , Xiatang Village , 2287 m, 37.0251º N, 102.4003º E, 26.VII.2021, leg. Bin Zhang ; 1 female ( HIST): Qinghai Province, Menyuan County, Zhugu Township, Sigou , 2373 m, 37.1008º N, 102.3439º E, 24.VII.2021, leg. Weihai Li ; 1 male and 1 female ( HIST): Qinghai Province, Menyuan County, Zhugu Township, Sigou , 2570 m, 37.1317º N, 102.3993º E, 28.VII.2021, leg. Bin Zhang ; 1 male ( HIST): Qinghai Province, Haidong City, Huzhu County, Zhugu Township , Sigou Hydropower Station , 2373 m, 37.1008º N, 102.3439º E, 30.VI.2021, leg. Rongrong Shen ; 1 female ( HIST): Qinghai Province, Haidong City, Huzhu County, Weibei Highway , 3014 m, 37.0023º N, 102.1243º E, 24.VII.2021, leg. Bin Zhang.

Distribution and ecology ( Figs. 4c–d ). In China, the species is known from Henan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces, and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ( Yang & Li 2018). Originally it was described from Japan, and known also from Korea and the Russian Far East ( Shimizu 1994, Hwang et al. 2016, Zhiltzova 2003). The present specimens are the first records for Qinghai Province. Usually it occupies upper rhitral habitat similar to Nemoura geei , but the collecting site in Huzhu County is the larger headwater of Baimuxia River ( Fig. 4d ).

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FIGURE 4. Nemoura habitats in Qinghai, China. A. Habitat of Nemoura jixiangwangi sp. nov. and Nemoura securigera Klapálek, 1907: Deqian Village. B. Habitat of Nemoura jixiangwangi sp. nov.: Dayu Village. C. Habitat of Nemoura geei Wu, 1929 and Nemoura papilla Okamoto, 1922: Sigou. D. Habitat of Nemoura papilla Okamoto, 1922: Huzhu County, Weibei Highway. E–F. Habitat of Nemoura securigera Klapálek, 1907: Qihankaigou (Qihankai valley), main river and sidestream.