Leuctra marilouae Vinçon & Sivec, 2001

Darilmaz, Mustafa Cemal, Salur, Ali, Murányi, Dávid & Vinçon, Gilles, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Turkish stoneflies with annotated catalogue (Insecta: Plecoptera), Zootaxa 4074 (1), pp. 1-74 : 16

Leuctra marilouae Vinçon & Sivec, 2001

This species was only known from the type male collected in the Rize region ( Vinçon & Sivec 2001). Both males and females were collected during this study and the first description of the female is given.

Type country and locality. Turkey, İyidere River (The type locality is located in the crossroad Kalkandere- İkizdere, the Province of Rize) ( Kazancı 1983a).

Material. Rize, Çamlıhemşin, Ayder, 1500 m, 14 ♂, 22 ♀, 9.10.2006 (Si).

Female description: ( Fig. 25 ). Sternite VII with a median wide sclerite, rounded anteriorly fused to sternite VIII posteriorly; a small sub-triangular sclerite laterally of median sclerite, close to the anterior margin. Sternite VIII: subgenital plate elongated, subtriangular, with two globulous lateral lobes separated as wide as width of one lobe. Medially, plate clearly convex in lateral view, prolonged posteriorly by a well developed median lobe that extends between the two lateral lobes; lateral lobes slightly longer than the median lobe.

Distribution in Turkey. Rize ( Vinçon & Sivec 2001); country record only: listed from Turkey (Kazancı 2008). Map ( Fig. 26 ).

Distribution and ecology. Turkish micro-endemic species restricted to a small region of the eastern Pontus (Rize region). The flight period is during the cold season, from autumn to spring ( Vinçon & Sivec 2001).

Figures

FIGURE 25. Leuctra marilouae, female terminalia. a. Ventral view; b. lateral view.

FIGURE 26. Leuctra marilouae Vinçon & Sivec, 2001