Neoperla cavaleriei ( Navás, 1922 )

Mo, Raorao, Lin, Aili & Li, Weihai, 2025, Comprehensive review of the genus Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Guangdong, China: unveiling two new species and a new record, Zootaxa 5659 (2), pp. 240-256 : 242

Neoperla cavaleriei ( Navás, 1922)

Ochthopetina cavaleriei Navás, 1922: 49 (original description of female).

Neoperla kachin Stark & Szczytko, 1980: 221 (original description of male and female); Sivec & Zwick 1987: 395 (synonym of N. cavaleriei ).

Ochthopetina cavalerieri : Illies 1966: 494 (species inquirenda, misspelled name).

Neoperla cavalerieri : Li et al. 2012b: 36 (supplementary figure of male, misspelled name).

Neoperla cavaleriei : Wu 1935: 308 (catalog); Wu 1938: 124 (supplementary descriptions of female); Sivec & Zwick 1987: 395 (supplementary descriptions of male and female); Yang & Yang 1990: 2 (catalog); Sivec et al. 1997: 190 (catalog); Du et al. 1999: 62 (catalog); Sivec & Yang 2001: 402 (catalog); Du & Sivec 2004: 41 (catalog); Stark & Sivec 2008: 20 (first description of eggs); Li et al. 2014c: 6 (supplementary figure of aedeagus); Li et al. 2014b: 177 (catalog); Yang & Li 2018: 37 (catalog); Mo et al. 2020a: 375 (catalog); Mo et al. 2022: 29 (supplementary descriptions of male and female); Zwick 2023: 119 (catalog).

Material examined. 3 males and 1 female ( HIST), China: Guangdong Province, Huizhou City, Huidong County, Lianhuashan Mountain , Baipenzhu Provincial Nature Reserve , Kengkou Village , 23°2'59" N, 115°8'4" E, 380 m, 2024.VII.14, light trap, Raorao Mo, Yizhen Han, Haoqiang Zhang, Leyou Zhang, Sihan Li ; 1 male and 1 female ( HIST), same locality and collectors as above, Luwo Village , 23°1'57" N, 115°8'25" E, 330 m, 2024.VII.15 ; 6 males and 6 females ( HIST), Guangdong Province, Huizhou City, Boluo County, Xiangtoushan National Nature Reserve , Xiaba Reservoir , 23°17'28" N, 114°25'35" E, 210 m, 2024.VII.11, light trap, Raorao Mo, Yizhen Han, Haoqiang Zhang, Leyou Zhang, Sihan Li .

Distribution. Burma; China: Guangdong (Zhaoqing and Huizhou cities), Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, and Yunnan provinces; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam.

Remarks. The male of this species is characterized by a triangular posterior process on tergum 7, a generally sclerotized and tubular aedeagal tube, and a slender, membranous aedeagal sac that is armed with spines. The female subgenital plate is slightly produced into a semicircular process (see figs. 23–24 in Mo et al. 2022).