Review of the Genus Sweltsa (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) in China

Abstract

The species of the stonefly genus Sweltsa known from China are reviewed. A new species, Sweltsa baiyunshana , sp. n. is described, and its relationship to similar species is discussed. Redescriptions of Sweltsa longistyla Wu and diagnostic notes on the other Sweltsa species are also presented.

New species records of systellognathan stoneflies (Plecoptera: Systellognatha) for the fauna of the Korean Peninsula

“…Illustrations were made with the aid of a drawing tube applied on a Nikon SMZ800 microscope. Terminology mainly follows Li et al (2014), Teslenko & Minakawa (1999), Uchida et al (2011) and Zwick & Weinzierl (1995).…”

A new species of Suwallia Ricker, 1943 (Plecoptera, Chloroperlidae) from southwestern China, with an updated key to male Suwallia species

“…It consists of two subfamilies: Chloroperlinae Okamoto, 1912 and Paraperlinae Ricker, 1943. Presently, more than 29 species of the family Chloroperlidae are reported from China, belonging to six genera, namely: Alloperla Banks, 1906, Alaskaperla Stewart & DeWalt, 1991, Haploperla Navás, 1934, Suwallia Ricker, 1943, Sweltsa Ricker, 1943 and Utaperla Ricker, 1952 ( Wu 1938 ; Nelson and Hanson 1968 ; Du 1999 ; Li and Wang 2011 ; Li et al 2013 , 2014 , 2015a , b ; Chen and Du 2015 , 2016a , b , 2017 ; Dong et al 2018 ; Yang and Li 2018 ; Chen 2019 ; Mo et al 2020 ; Shi et al 2022 ).…”