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The first cavernicolous Leuctridae (Insecta: Plecoptera) nymph from Guizhou, China
Qing-Bo Huo1, Qi-Ming Wang2, Xiao-Lei Guo3
1School of Horticulture and Plant Protection Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.. 1677537335@qq.com.
Abstract:
In this study, the first cavernicolous stonefly of China is reported from Guizhou Province, southwestern China. The morphological characteristics show that this species is a member of the genus Rhopalopsole Klaplek, 1912 (Plecoptera: Leuctridae). The pale coloration and the reduced compound eyes indicate that this species could be an obligate troglobitic taxon. The mtDNA COI barcode fragment of this species supports its assignment to Rhopalopsole and suggests it a distant relative to Rhopalopsole longispina Yang Yang, 1991.
