Neoperla Vn

Stark, Bill P. & Sivec, Ignac, 2008, New Species And Records Of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) From Vietnam, Illiesia 4 (3), pp. 19-54 : 44-52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4758856
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4762680
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA87B2-FF9F-FFC2-FE2D-2A3E7604FD2C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neoperla Vn
status

Treatment

Neoperla Vn View in CoL ‐ B

( Figs. 85‐87 View Figs , 127‐129 View Figs )

Material examined. Vietnam: Dong Nai, Cat Tien National Park , near park headquarters, 120 m, 22 August 1998, 11° 25’ 9” N, 107° 25’ 41.5” E, B. Hubley, D. Currie, ROM 982002 View Materials , 1 ♀ ( ROM) GoogleMaps .

Adult habitus. Biocellate. Head pale with slightly darker area covering central frons from ocelli to near antennal bases ( Fig. 85 View Figs ). Pronotum pale brown with darker rugosities. Wing membrane pale veins amber to pale brown. Femora and tibiae pale.

Female. Forewing length 13 mm. Subgenital plate a small triangular tab ( Fig. 87 View Figs ). Vagina lined with golden brown scales forward of spermathecal base ( Fig. 86 View Figs ). Spermathecal stalk long, partially coiled and lined rather completely with fine golden brown scales.

Egg. Barrel shaped. Length ca. 0.33 mm, width ca. 0.17 mm, collar width ca. 0. 06‐0.07 mm. Collar sessile and surrounded by 1‐2 rows of large, irregularly shaped, impunctate cells; rim narrow and smooth; base of collar ringed by a distinct, irregular ridge ( Figs. 127‐129 View Figs ). Striae wide, ca. 17 visible in lateral aspect; striae separated by narrow punctate sulci. Lid small, covered with fine punctations throughout, follicle cell impressions obscure.

Diagnosis. This unassociated member of the clymene complex is distinctive by virtue of the triangular subgenital plate, and the wide chorionic striae of the egg. The latter feature is reminiscent of N. coosa and N. osage from the Nearctic region ( Stark & Lentz 1988; Smith & Stark 1998). Males of N. sinuata and N. gordonae were collected with this female but the former species has a distinctive head pattern not shared with this species, and the female of the latter species is known. If this female should at some future time be associated with the male identified as N. gordonae from Cat Tien National Park, that would support the argument, presented above, that N. gordonae represents a species complex.