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Kyphopteryx dorsalis Kimmins 1947
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Kyphopteryx dorsalis Kimmins, 1947
Kyphopteryx dorsalis Kimmins, 1947 [1946]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13: 725. Type locality: Tibet, Chumbi Valley).
Remarks. Males of this species are characterized by terga 2-3 each with a considerably elevated dentate process and by epiproct triangular, apically forming an upturned hook with paired small teeth on the upper surface. Females of this species are defined by terga 3-8 separated longitudinally with a membranous median area, and by abdominal sternum 8 with a medially notched sclerotized area (see fig. 3 in Kimmins 1947).
Distribution. China (Tibet), India (Sikkim).
Notes
Published as part of Du, Yu-Zhou & Chen, Zhi-Teng, 2019, Review of the rare and little-known Chinese species of the family Taeniopterygidae (Plecoptera), with description of two new species of Kyphopteryx, pp. 129-134 in Zootaxa 4550 (1) on pages 130-131, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2625199
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Taeniopterygidae
- Genus
- Kyphopteryx
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Plecoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Kimmins
- Species
- dorsalis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Kyphopteryx dorsalis Kimmins, 1947 sec. Du & Chen, 2019
References
- Kimmins, D. E. (1947) [1946] New species of Himalayan Plecoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 11, 13 (107), 721 - 740. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222934608654596