Utaperla lepnevae (Zhiltzova, 1970)

Zhu, Ya-Fei, Rehman, Abdur, Yang, Xiao, Huo, Qing-Bo, Zeng, Liang-Liang, Teslenko, Valentina A. & Du, Yu-Zhou, 2025, New records of stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) from the Greater Khingan Mountains, China, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 151489-e 151489 : e151489-

Utaperla lepnevae (Zhiltzova, 1970)

Paraperla lepnevae Zhiltzova & Levanidova, 1970: 380 .

Utaperla lepnevae Stark, Baumann, Kondratieff & Stewart, 2013: 101 .

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2; sex: 2 males; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 0E458D34-9030-5DF9-B810-94A33F22B09B; Taxon: scientificName: Utaperla lepnevae (Zhiltzova, 1970) ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Plecoptera ; family: Chloroperlidae ; genus: Utaperla ; specificEpithet: lepnevae ; taxonomicStatus: valid; Location: continent: Asia; country: China; countryCode: CN; stateProvince: Heilongjiang; locality: Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, Jiagedaqi District ; maximumElevationInMeters: 451; verbatimLatitude: 50.403951; verbatimLongitude: 124.120544; Identification: identifiedBy: Abdur Rehman & Valentina A. Teslenko; Event: year: 2023; month: 6; day: 3; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: ICYZU

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: 1 males; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 0E458D34-9030-5DF9-B810-94A33F22B09B; Taxon: scientificName: Utaperla lepnevae (Zhiltzova, 1970) ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Plecoptera ; family: Chloroperlidae ; genus: Utaperla ; specificEpithet: lepnevae ; taxonomicStatus: valid; Location: continent: Asia; country: China; countryCode: CN; stateProvince: Heilongjiang; locality: Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, Xinlin District, Dawusu town ; maximumElevationInMeters: 451; verbatimLatitude: 51.735212; verbatimLongitude: 124.504425; Identification: identifiedBy: Abdur Rehman & Valentina A. Teslenko; Event: year: 2023; month: 6; day: 5; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: ICYZU

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 18; sex: 8 males, 10 females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 0E458D34-9030-5DF9-B810-94A33F22B09B; Taxon: scientificName: Utaperla lepnevae (Zhiltzova, 1970) ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Plecoptera ; family: Chloroperlidae ; genus: Utaperla ; specificEpithet: lepnevae ; taxonomicStatus: valid; Location: continent: Asia; country: China; countryCode: CN; stateProvince: Heilongjiang; locality: Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, Xinlin District, Taergen town ; maximumElevationInMeters: 392; verbatimLatitude: 52.232944; verbatimLongitude: 124.689441; Identification: identifiedBy: Abdur Rehman & Valentina A. Teslenko; Event: year: 2023; month: 6; day: 6; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: ICYZU

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 34; sex: 18 males, 16 females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 0E458D34-9030-5DF9-B810-94A33F22B09B; Taxon: scientificName: Utaperla lepnevae (Zhiltzova, 1970) ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Plecoptera ; family: Chloroperlidae ; genus: Utaperla ; specificEpithet: lepnevae ; taxonomicStatus: valid; Location: continent: Asia; country: China; countryCode: CN; stateProvince: Heilongjiang; locality: Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, Mohe county, Amuer town ; maximumElevationInMeters: 451; verbatimLatitude: 52.833932; verbatimLongitude: 123.173923; Identification: identifiedBy: Abdur Rehman & Valentina A. Teslenko; Event: year: 2023; month: 6; day: 8; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: ICYZU

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: 1 males; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceStatus: present; occurrenceID: 0E458D34-9030-5DF9-B810-94A33F22B09B; Taxon: scientificName: Utaperla lepnevae (Zhiltzova, 1970) ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Plecoptera ; family: Chloroperlidae ; genus: Utaperla ; specificEpithet: lepnevae ; taxonomicStatus: valid; Location: continent: Asia; country: China; countryCode: CN; stateProvince: Heilongjiang; locality: Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, Xinlin District, Dawusu town ; maximumElevationInMeters: 500; verbatimLatitude: 51.735212; verbatimLongitude: 124.504425; Identification: identifiedBy: Abdur Rehman & Valentina A. Teslenko; Event: year: 2023; month: 6; day: 5; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: ICYZU

Diagnosis

The head is elongated behind the eyes, the postfrontal suture is triangular, the ocelli are equidistant from each other. The epiproct of the male consists of three plates. The subgenital plate of female is very wide at the base, tapering posteriorly (Fig. 7 A-C).

Distribution

Russia, Far East ( Teslenko and Zhiltzova 2009). The species is recorded for China for the first time.

Figures

Figure 7. Utaperla lepnevae (Zhiltzova, 1970). A male head and pronotum; B male terminalia, dorsal view; C female terminalia, ventral view.