School of Horticulture and Plant Protection Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China..
College of Ceramics and Design, Beibu Gulf University, Qinzhou 535100, China..
Zootaxa. 2022 Jul 7;5162(3):290-298. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.3.6.
In this study, the first cavernicolous stonefly of China is reported from Guizhou Province, southwestern China. The morphological characteristics show that this species is a member of the genus Rhopalopsole Klaplek, 1912 (Plecoptera: Leuctridae). The pale coloration and the reduced compound eyes indicate that this species could be an obligate troglobitic taxon. The mtDNA COI barcode fragment of this species supports its assignment to Rhopalopsole and suggests it a distant relative to Rhopalopsole longispina Yang Yang, 1991.
本研究报道了中国首例洞穴石蝇，来自中国西南部的贵州省。形态特征表明，该物种属于 Klaplek（1912）（Plecoptera：Leuctridae）的Rhopalopsole 属。其浅色的体色和退化的复眼表明该物种可能是一种专性洞穴生物。该物种的 mtDNA COI 条码片段支持其被归入 Rhopalopsole 属，并表明它与 Yang Yang（1991）的 Rhopalopsole longispina 是远亲关系。
