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Issue: Vol. 1277 No. 1: 31 Jul. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1277.1.5
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 3

First description of the adult male of Epeorus aculeatus Braasch (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)

Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2089, USA
Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2089, USA.
Ephemeroptera taxonomy Epeorus aculeatus Heptageniidae stage description Asia

Abstract

The male imago of the southeast Asian species Epeorus aculeatus Braasch is described for the first time, based on reared material from Thailand.

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