Zelandobius Tillyard 1921
Creators: name: McLellan, Ian D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Gripopterygidae
Zelandobius

description: Genus <i>Zelandobius</i> Tillyard 1921 Tillyard, 1921, Canadian Entomologist 53:35-43. McLellan, 1965, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6 (22):229-234. McLellan, 1966, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology 8 (2):5-22. McLellan, 1967, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology 9 (1):1-15. McLellan, 1969, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 11 (3):25-41. McLellan, 1977, New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4:119- 147. McLellan, 1993, Fauna of New Zealand Number 27:1- 70. Type species <i>Leptoperla confusa</i> Hare, 1909. DIAGNOSIS <b>Adult.</b> Small to medium-sized stoneflies with or without wings. Ocelli present. Distal segment of maxillary palp about twice as long as penultimate segment. Rs with a terminal fork in all wings. Hind wing with fusion of M and Cu incomplete distally. Thoracic spiracles not on cones. Lateral tergal ridge evident on abdomen. Cerci short, usually comprising no more than 15 segments. <b>Male genitalia.</b> Epiproct hastate in plan, with a ventral hook and usually with a pair of teeth on each margin; sides normally sloping up from midline; ventrally, at base of epiproct, a dark, usually globular sclerotised mass. Paraprocts broadening distally before tapering abruptly to either a terminal spine or a rounded blade. Tergite 10 divided into 2 anterolateral sclerites with a medial sclerite behind them, followed by a membranous cone, then terminating in a dark, sclerotised knob. Penis membranous, 3 to 5 lobed, evaginated from beneath subgenital plate in mated specimens. <b>Female genitalia.</b> Posterior of subgenital plate with a pair of short lateral lobes with a medial concavity between them. <b>Larva.</b> No hairy fringe on legs. Maxillary palp with distal segment about twice as long as penultimate segment. Segment 10 of abdomen usually long, sometimes bulged basally. Subanal lobes tongueshaped. Anal gill rosette well developed but incapable of pulsation. Cerci sturdy or thread-like, less than half as long as body.
description: Published as part of <i>McLellan, Ian D., 2008, Additions To Zelandobius (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae Antarctoperlinae) From New Zealand, pp. 11-18 in Illiesia 4 (2)</i> on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4758846
description: {"references": ["Tillyard, R. J. 1921. A new classification of the order Perlaria. Canadian Entomologist, 53: 35 - 43.", "McLellan, I. D. 1965. Notes on Some New Zealand Plecoptera. 1965, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 6 (22): 229 - 234.", "McLellan, I. D. 1966. Genitalia and nymphs of some New Zealand Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology, 8 (2): 5 - 22.", "McLellan, I. D. 1967. New Gripopterygids (Plecoptera) of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology, 9 (1): 1 - 15.", "McLellan, I. D. 1969. A revision of the genus Zelandobius (Plecoptera: Antarctoperlinae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 11 (3): 25 - 41.", "McLellan, I. D. 1977. New alpine and southern Plecoptera from New-Zealand, and a new classification of the Gripopterygidae. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 4: 119 - 147.", "McLellan, I. D. 1993. Antarctoperlinae (Insecta: Plecoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 27, 70 pages.", "Hare, E. J. 1909. Some additions to the Perlidae, Neuroptera - Planipennia, and Trichoptera of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 42: 29 - 33."]}