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Male - abdominal tergal cleft. Anterior portion is near parallel-sided, U-shaped, and broadly rounded along anterior margin (Figs 7A–C). Posterior portion is somewhat V-shaped and sinuous along inner margins, posterior terminus marked by either a single (Fig. 7C) or paired (Figs 7A–8B) medially-directed subtriangular projections. Crenulations absent from inner margins of cleft.. Male - epiproct. Base very broad and subquadrate in shape, narrowing to anteriorly-recurved and broadly tapering terminal spine, no accessory spine present although a small subterminal posterior nub may be present (Figs 7D–F). Subquadrate base varies from rounded broadly to right angular in shape. No accessory spine or cusp present, but a minute, very low, medially-positioned hump is present along the anterior, recurved portion of epiproct (Figs 7D–F). Female - 7th sternum. Seventh sternum with a small, lobe nested in a scarcely-convex central notch. Lobe ranges in shape from subtriangular (Fig. 7G) to convex (Fig. 7H). Posterior margin moderately convex.
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Scott A. Grubbs, Boris C. Kondratieff, Bill P. Stark, R. Edward DeWalt
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Grubbs S, Kondratieff B, Stark B, DeWalt R (2013) A review of the Nearctic genus Zealeuctra Ricker (Plecoptera, Leuctridae), with the description of a new species from the Cumberland Plateau region of eastern North America ZooKeys 344: 17–47
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Scott A. Grubbs
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Boris C. Kondratieff
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Bill P. Stark
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R. Edward DeWalt
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Distribution

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USA: AL (DeWalt et al. 2012)
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Scott A. Grubbs, Boris C. Kondratieff, Bill P. Stark, R. Edward DeWalt
bibliographic citation
Grubbs S, Kondratieff B, Stark B, DeWalt R (2013) A review of the Nearctic genus Zealeuctra Ricker (Plecoptera, Leuctridae), with the description of a new species from the Cumberland Plateau region of eastern North America ZooKeys 344: 17–47
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Scott A. Grubbs
author
Boris C. Kondratieff
author
Bill P. Stark
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R. Edward DeWalt
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