Indonemoura auberti, Sivec & Stark, 2010

Sivec, Ignac & Stark, Bill P., 2010, Eleven New Species Of The Genus Indonemoura Baumann (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) From Thailand And Vietnam, Illiesia 6 (14), pp. 210-226 : 213-214

Indonemoura auberti sp. n.

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Material examined. Holotype ♂ from Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon National Park, Huai Sai Lueng, 1060 m, 98° 27’ N, 18° 31’ E, 7-8 May 2002, blacklight trap, Chiang Mai University team ( PMSL) . Paratypes: Type locality, 22 March-4 April 2002, Malaise trap, Chiang Mai University team, 1♂ ( BPS) . Type locality, 4 April-3 May 2003, 1♂, 1♀ ( PMSL) . Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon National Park, Bang Khun Klang , 1200 m, 98° 32’ N, 18° 32’ E, 7-14 November 1989, 1♂ ( PMSL) . Same site, 17-26 July 1989, 3♂ ( PMSL) . Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon National Park, Huai Kaew above Monthatarn , 800 m, 98° 55’ N, 18° 49’ E, 6 December 2002 - 4 January 2003, 1♂ ( PMSL) . Same site, 14 February-11 March 2003, 2♂, 1♀ ( PMSL) . Additional material: Type locality, 7-8 May 2002, blacklight trap, Chiang Mai University team, 1♀ ( PMSL) .

Adult habitus. General color brown to dark brown. Head and wings dark brown; pronotum paler, brown with obscure rugosities. Palpi pale, antennae uniformly dark brown. Legs pale brown, tarsi darker. Male. Forewing length 8 mm. Epiproct long, slender and expanded apically in dorsal and lateral aspect; dorsal aspect of apex setaceous and bulbous, sclerotized tip divided ( Fig. 6); ventral aspect of apex bears a small spiny, subapical lobe ( Fig. 7). Tergum 10 bears a pair of low mesal knobs at midlength; tergum 9 without conspicuous setation or knobs. Mesal paraproct lobe sclerotized and bearing apical, inwardly directed spines in ventral aspect ( Fig. 9); outer lobe curved inward and somewhat enlarged at the apex. Vesicle slightly longer than wide with

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truncate apex ( Fig. 8); hypoproct broadly triangular. Putative female. Forewing length 9 mm. Subgenital plate subtriangular in outline and bearing a narrow, median notch ( Fig. 10). Plate strongly sclerotized, sternum 7 not projecting over base of sternum 8.

Larva. Unknown.

Etymology. The patronym honors Dr. Jacques Aubert for his pioneering work on Asian Nemouridae .

Diagnosis. See under I. angulata .