title: The first record of a species of Perlidae from Jiangsu Province, China: a new species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae).
abstract: A new species of Neoperla (Plecoptera, Perlidae), N. jiangsuensis Chen & Du from Jiangsu Province, China, is described and illustrated. Neoperla jiangsuensis is characterized by the aedeagal sac with two C-shaped rows of large stout spines laterally, a patch of small spines, and with an apical double ear-shaped membranous lobes. The new species is the first recorded species of Perlidae known from the eastern coastal province of Jiangsu, China.
authors.affiliation: School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Zhi-Teng
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Email: yzdu@yzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yu-Zhou
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male