A new species of Zelandobius (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae: Antarctoperlinae) from the upper Rangitata River, Canterbury, New Zealand

Zelandobius edensis new species is described from a spring-fed creek in the headwaters of the Rangitata River catchment, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Adult males exhibit varying degrees of brachyptery and the only female collected also has short wings. Larvae are easily identified by their coating...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: D. P. Gray
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Stoneflies
Gripopterygidae
Zelandobius
brachyptery
New Zealand
taxonomy
Antarc*
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.547.1841
http://www.biol.canterbury.ac.nz/ferg/people/Duncan/Natural history/new zelandobius.pdf
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Summary:Zelandobius edensis new species is described from a spring-fed creek in the headwaters of the Rangitata River catchment, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Adult males exhibit varying degrees of brachyptery and the only female collected also has short wings. Larvae are easily identified by their coating of long translucent hairs not found in other members of the Zelandobius confusus-group.

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