Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993

Yang, Yu-Ben, Zhu, Bin-Qing, Rehman, Abdur & Du, Yu-Zhou, 2022, A review of Leuctridae (Insecta, Plecoptera) in Wuyi Mountains, China, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 86735-86735 : 86735

Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993

Rhopalopsole sinensis : Yang and Yang (1993): 236.

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Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Chen Zhi-Ten, Shen Yue (ICYZU); individualCount: 5; sex: Male ; occurrenceStatus: present; disposition: ICYZU; Taxon : scientificName: Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993; kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Plecoptera ; family: Leuctridae ; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location : continent: Asia ; country: China; countryCode: CN; stateProvince: Fujian; locality: Wuyi Mountains (Tongmucun) ; minimumElevationInMeters: 478; verbatimLatitude: 27°44′51″N; verbatimLongitude: 117°40′39″E; Identification: identifiedBy: Yang Yu-Ben & DU Yu-Zhou; Event: year: 2017; month: 05; day: 14; verbatimEventDate: 14-05-2017; Record Level: language: En; institutionCode: ICYZU; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen .

Description

Diagnosis and remarks

The report of this is a new distribution record to Wuyi Mountains. R. sinensis belongs to R. vietnamica group according to Sivec et al. (2008). In China, this species is widespread in southern provinces. The characteristic of long hairs on the antennae can clearly distinguish this species from other similar species in this group (Fig. 5 B); other characteristics are shown in Fig. 7 .

Type locality

China, Guizhou Province (Maolan).

Distribution

China (Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guangxi, Ningxia, Yunnan); Vietnam (Laocai).

Figures

Figure 5. Male antennae, dorsal view. A Rhopalopsole intonsa Qian & Du, 2012; B Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993; C Rhopalopsole ampulla Du & Qian, 2011; D Rhopalopsole exiguspina Du & Qian, 2011; E Rhopalopsole memorabilis Qian & Du, 2012.

Figure 7. Rhopalopsole sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993. A Male head and pronotum, dorsal view; B Male terminalia, dorsal view; C Male terminalia, lateral view; D Male terminalia, ventral view.