A new species of Neoperla from China, with a redescription of the female of N. mnong Stark, 1987 (Plecoptera, Perlidae)

A new species of the Neoperla clymene group (Plecoptera, Perlidae), N.chebalinga sp.n.from Guangdong Province of southern China is described, illustrated, and berness white sneakers compared with related taxa.

The new species is characterized by the slender aedeagal tube, strongly sclerotized dorsally, and weakly sclerotized ventrally with an upcurved, medial, finger-like membranous aluminum lotion lobe.Additionally the aedeagal sac gradually tapers to a blunt apex with a dorsoapical patch of spines.A supplementary description of the female of N.mnong Stark, 1987 from Guangdong Province, China is also given.

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