Neoperla melanocephala Navás, 1931

Wang, Ying-Ying, Li, Wen-Liang & Li, Wei-Hai, 2025, One new species and two new records of the genus Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Yunnan, China, Journal of Natural History 59 (45 - 48), pp. 2473-2480 : 2479

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2563557
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C08781-FFCE-FFDD-FDF5-FD459029DFBD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neoperla melanocephala Navás
status

Treatment

Neoperla melanocephala Navás View in CoL

Material examined

1♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Puer City, Lancang County, Jingmai Village , 27.79°N, 104.26°E, 9 July 2017, leg ( CAUC); 1♂, Yunnan, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture , Gongshan County , Pukawang Village , light 1452 m, 30 June 2013, leg GoogleMaps . Zhang Wei ( HIST); 1♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Dapingzhang, Malaise

27 August 2016, leg. Li Zheng-Ming ( CAUC).

Remarks

Navás (1931) originally described this species from Myanmar, and Zwick (1988) redescribed this based on the holotype. The terminalia and aedeagus ( Figure 5 View Figure 5 ) of our specimen fit the description of (1988). However, we found that the projection of the aedeagal sac in the three specimens was different, with one specimen exhibiting a slightly upcurved apex. This variation is considered to intraspecific morphological diversity.