Neoperla beta, 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 : 17

8 T8 with small longitudinal caudal sclerite which can be uplifted to project as a kidney-shaped structure from a slit in the tergite ( Figs. 206–207 ).......................................................... 38 N. burgeoni and 39 N. beta n. sp.

8' Sclerite on T8 not moveable, shape varies, relief varies from flat to high humps.................................... 9

Figures

FIGURES 205–208. Neoperla burgeoni Navás, ♁: 205, 206, abdominal tip in resting position, dorsal and lateral view; 207, same, lateral, process on T8 raised, tergites and hemitergite 10 labeled; 208, medial view of detached right-hand HT10. Only 208 to scale, 205–207 to similar scales. at9, antecosta 9; fs, fine suture; mc, mediobasal callus on HT10; p7, p8, processes on tergites 7 and 8; p10, front part of hemitergite 10, its so-called process; ps9, paramedian swelling on T9.