Neoperla benti, Zwick & Zwick, 2023

Zwick, Peter & Zwick, Andreas, 2023, Revision of the African Neoperla Needham, 1905 (Plecoptera: Perlidae: Perlinae) based on morphological and molecular data, Zootaxa 5316 (1), pp. 1-194 : 89

18 Three similar separate marks on S8 form a triangle. SSt about 11 times longer than S8 ( Fig. 222 )......... 41 N. benti n. sp.

18‘ Anterior marks on S8 connected, forming a trapezoid. No or only a small caudal mark on S8. SSt variable, from barely twice as long as vagina to several times longer, rarely as long as N. benti . An incompletely resolved difficult complex. Presently only a single new species is formally distinguished from the common and widespread N. burgeoni ......................... 19

Figures

FIGURE 222. Neoperla benti n. sp., holotype (NEOP159), genital situs and the only egg, not to scale od, oviduct; SSt, spermathecal stalk; V, vagina.