taxonID	type	description	language	source
03A9E753FFECFFE246B54C8E4ED10321.taxon	description	Male. Forewing length 9.5 – 9.8 mm, hindwing length 8.6. – 8.8 mm. General body color brownish. Distance between ocelli nearly as wide as diameter of the ocellus. Head slightly wider than pronotum, mostly brownish and lateral margins pale, with a dark brown triangular area covering ocelli and a small triangular brownish spot on anterior portion of frons (Fig. 1); compound eyes dark; antennae brown. Thorax mostly brownish but pronotum paler with three brown longitudinal median stripes and scattered, brown markings (Fig. 1); wing membrane subhyaline, veins brown, Rs 3 branched; legs yellowish brown. Abdomen brownish, hemiterga darker. Terminalia. Tergum 7 with posterior margin produced into a raised quadrate process, covered with dense small sensilla basiconica (Figs. 2, 4). Tergum 8 with an erect tongue-shaped process, fringed with small spines at its distal expansion (Fig. 2). Tergum 9 without sensilla patches. Sternum 9 mostly pigmented (Fig. 3). Aedeagal tube outline sinuous, darkly sclerotized, basoventral membranous area with two eye-like spots. Aedeagal sac semicircular, about half of tube length; a bifurcate spine is evident through sac cuticle (Figs 5, 11 – 12). Female. Unknown.	en	Li, Weihai, Wang, Guoquan, Lu, Wenyan (2012): Species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 3478: 32-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214352
03A9E753FFECFFE246B54C8E4ED10321.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. Holotype: male, China: Hubei Province, Jingshan County, Lulin, Tianmenguan village, 31.2836 N, 113.0814 E, light trap, 2010. VII. 11, Qifei Liu. Paratypes: 3 males, same data as holotype.	en	Li, Weihai, Wang, Guoquan, Lu, Wenyan (2012): Species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 3478: 32-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214352
03A9E753FFECFFE246B54C8E4ED10321.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the province from which the new species was collected. Distribution. China (Hubei).	en	Li, Weihai, Wang, Guoquan, Lu, Wenyan (2012): Species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 3478: 32-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214352
03A9E753FFECFFE246B54C8E4ED10321.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The male of this species is characterized by a dark brown triangular area covering ocelli (Fig. 1). The aedeagal tube is sinuous and darkly sclerotized. The aedeagal sac is semicircular, about half of tube length and possesses a bifurcate spine discernable through sac cuticle (Figs. 5, 11 – 12). The new species seems similar to N. flavescens Chu, 1929 known from Zhejiang and Henan provinces, N. biprojecta Du, 2000 b from Zhejiang and N. duratubulata Du, 1999 from Fujian in having similar terminalia and aedeagus. It may be separated from these species by the aedeagus with a semicircular sac lacking a finger-shaped subapical projection. This species is also similar to N. yangae Du, 2000 b from Zhejiang, but can be distinguished from the latter by the sinuous aedeagal tube and relatively longer sac (ca. ½ tube length). In N. yangae, the aedeagal tube is simply curved ventrally, the sac is short (ca. ¼ tube length), and a cluster of sensilla basiconica are present on posteromedial portion of tergum 6 according to Du (1999) description and his Fig. 6.	en	Li, Weihai, Wang, Guoquan, Lu, Wenyan (2012): Species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 3478: 32-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214352
03A9E753FFE8FFE246B54BFA499A0513.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 3 males, China: Hubei Province, Jingshan County, Lulin, Tianmenguan village, 31.2836 N, 113.0814 E, light trap, 2010. VII. 11, Qifei Liu.	en	Li, Weihai, Wang, Guoquan, Lu, Wenyan (2012): Species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 3478: 32-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214352
03A9E753FFE8FFE246B54BFA499A0513.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand.	en	Li, Weihai, Wang, Guoquan, Lu, Wenyan (2012): Species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 3478: 32-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214352
03A9E753FFE8FFE246B54BFA499A0513.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The present species appears to be a member of the difficult N. cavalerieri (Navás) complex that occurs throughout Southeast Asia and has been shown to exhibit considerable variation among taxa (Sivec & Zwick 1987; Stark & Sivec 2008). The three males exhibit little variation in aedeagal armature in the numbers of sac spines; aedeagal sac with only small spiny cushion of basodorsal spines and three irregular rows of ventral spines (Fig. 9 – 10, 13 – 14). We provide illustrations for aiding the recognition of this species from Hubei Province.	en	Li, Weihai, Wang, Guoquan, Lu, Wenyan (2012): Species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 3478: 32-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214352
