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Issue: Vol. 3497 No. 1: 25 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3497.1.6
Page range: 60–68
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of Alainites sadati Thomas, 1994 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in Tunisia, description of the larval stage and ecology

Unit of Hydrobiology, Laboratory of Environment Biomonitoring (LBE), Faculty of Sciences of Bizerta, 7021, Jarzouna. Tunisia
Museum of Zoology, Palais de Rumine, Place Riponne 6, CH-1014 Lausanne, Switzerland
Unit of Hydrobiology, Laboratory of Environment Biomonitoring (LBE), Faculty of Sciences of Bizerta, 7021, Jarzouna. Tunisia
5 Rue du Vallon, F – 31320 Vieille-Toulouse, France
Ephemeroptera Baetidae Alainites sadati larva North Africa

Abstract

Alainites sadati Thomas, 1994 is recorded for the first time in Tunisia. The first description of the larval stage of A. sadati Thomas, 1994 is provided based on material from Algeria, near the type locality, and Tunisia. This species can be separated from the other Palaearctic species by the number of gills, the setation of the legs, the prolongation of the paraproct and the reticulation of the tergites. Based on the new data, the ecology of A. sadati is discussed.

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