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Issue: Vol. 4178 No. 2: 25 Oct. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.2.7
Page range: 289–294
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Prosopistoma Latreille, 1833 (Ephemeroptera: Prosopistomatidae) from South India

Department of Zoology, The Madura College, Madurai-625016, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620024, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620024, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Zoology, The Madura College, Madurai-625016, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620024, Tamil Nadu, India
Ephemeroptera Prosopistoma mayfly new species India

Abstract

A new species of Prosopistoma (Ephemeroptera: Prosopistomatidae) is described on the basis of mature nymphs from Coorg, Karnataka, South India. Prosopistoma coorgum, new species can be readily distinguished from the other members of Prosopistoma by the following combination of characters: inner margin of outer canine near apex with 2–3 short spines, the length ratio of maxillary palp segments (3.3:4.8:1), ventral margin of fore tibia with 6–8 pectinate setae, and gill II leaf-like and cleft.

 

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