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The egg and winged stages of C. wangi and C. funki are described for the first time. Eggs of all four species have macroreliefs generally similar to one another and to other species in the genus. Male imagoes have preliminary species-level differences in the median convex lobes of the styliger plate and the shapes of the penis lobes themselves. The current delimitation of four complexes of Cincticostella is briefly discussed based on the nymph and winged stages. A partial phylogenetic reconstruction of Cincticostella based on the COI gene illustrates relations of representatives of the four complexes on the one hand and distinct delimitation of C. wangi, C. funki, C. xiazhi, sp. nov., and C. yushui, sp. nov. on the other. An updated list of species of Cincticostella is provided, along with a new key for the identification of nymphs of the C. nigra complex, which are distinguished primarily based on features of the abdominal terga, mesothoracic projections, tarsal claws, labrum emargination, setation of femora, and body color.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/insects16121221","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,1]],"date-time":"2025-12-01T09:34:37Z","timestamp":1764581677000},"page":"1221","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Two New Species and First Stage Associations for Two Other Species of the Cincticostella nigra (U\u00e9no, 1928) Complex (Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae) from Yunnan, China, with Discussion About Cincticostella Allen, 1971 Species Complexes Based on Winged Stages"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-5044-9266","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yi-Fei","family":"Feng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"},{"name":"Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yan-Chang","family":"Zi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"},{"name":"Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cheng-Fa","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"},{"name":"Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"},{"name":"Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Mu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"},{"name":"Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"},{"name":"Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1258-1573","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xian-Fu","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"},{"name":"Center for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"},{"name":"Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China, Dali University, Dali 671003, China"},{"name":"Research Center of Ecology and Governance for Er\u2019hai Lake Streams, Dali 671003, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7201-3922","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luke M.","family":"Jacobus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Science, Indiana University Columbus, Columbus, IN 47203, USA"},{"name":"Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"185","DOI":"10.3157\/0002-8320(2008)134[185:ROEGE]2.0.CO;2","article-title":"Revision of Ephemerellidae genera (Ephemeroptera)","volume":"134","author":"Jacobus","year":"2008","journal-title":"Trans. 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