Chinoperla Sivec &amp; Stark 2010
Creators: name: Sivec, Ignac
name: Stark, Bill P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Perlidae
Chinoperla

description: Provisional Key for Male <i>Chinoperla</i> (<i>C. nigroflavata</i> not included) 1 Known from Borneo ……………………. <i>borneensis</i> 1’ Known from Sumatra, Hainan or mainland Asia …………………………..…………………………. 2 2 Aedeagal tip armed with a single long slender spine (Fig. 4) ………………………...……………. 3 2’ Aedeagal tip variously armed with a broad sclerite, one or more short tooth or hook shaped spines, or with numerous small spines.………. 5 3 Tergum 9 process somewhat circular or oval and covered with small knobs or teeth (Figs. 13-18) ……………………………………...……………. <i>sila</i> 3’ Tergum 9 process linear and without knobs or teeth (Fig. 1) ………………………..……....…….. 4 4 Process of tergum 9 slender, more than twice as long as wide; upturned membranous aedeagal lobe larger than spine-bearing lobe (Fig. 2); known from Vietnam ….…………….…. <i>gorohovi</i> 4’ Process of tergum 9 about as wide as long; upturned membranous aedeagal lobe smaller than spine-bearing lobe; known from Thailand …………………………………………… <i>unidentata</i> 5 Wings with dark apical band; aedeagal apex armed with a group of three moderately large teeth and two ventral clusters of 6-8 smaller teeth; known from Sumatra ……….……………. <i>reducta</i> 5’ Wing tips uniformly pigmented; aedeagal apex variously armed but not as above; known from Hainan or mainland Asia …...………..…………. 6 6 Wings with narrow pale apical band and pale median spot; dorsal process of tergum 9 expanded on posterior margin with a pair of small foot shaped extensions; known from Thailand and Malaysia ……………..… <i>fascipennis</i> 6’ Wings without pale apical band; dorsal process of tergum 9 not as above ………….……………….. 7 7 Hemitergal finger shaped processes at least 3 times long as basal width; aedeagal apex without large tooth like spines; known from India …………………………..………………… <i>nigriceps</i> 7’ Finger shaped hemitergal processes about 2.5 times long as basal width; aedeagal apex with one or more teeth …………………………………..…. 8 8 Aedeagal apex with one large spine (Fig. 7) …... 9 8’ Aedeagal apex with several large spines; known from Hainan ………………..………..…. <i>nigrifrons</i> 9 Aedeagal apex sagittate (Fig. 6); sclerite of aedeagal tube bracelet-like; known from Thailand ………………………………………………... <i>porntip</i> 9’ Aedeagal apex shape not sagittate; aedeagal tube sclerite linear …………………………...……….. 10 10 Apical aedeagal armature, a broad sclerite bearing a small fin-like process near tip (Fig. 14); tergum 9 process bearing a few small knobs or teeth; known from Vietnam ………….….. <i>rhododendrona</i> 10’ Apical aedeagal armature without broad sclerite and fin-like process; tergum 9 process without knobs or teeth; known from Thailand or Vietnam ……………………………………………………. 11 11 Lateral aedeagal lobes directed backward (Fig. 28); largest spines of armature patch surround apical tooth; known from Thailand ….….. <i>spinata</i> 11’ Lateral aedeagal lobes directed ventrad (Fig. 39); largest spines of armature patch located on lateral lobes; known from Vietnam …………………… <i>yi</i>
description: Published as part of <i>Sivec, Ignac &amp; Stark, Bill P., 2010, Five New Species Of Chinoperla Zwick (Plecoptera: Perlidae) From Vietnam And Thailand, pp. 62-74 in Illiesia 6 (8)</i> on pages 72-74, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4759667