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Issue: Vol. 4013 No. 1: 7 Sept. 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-09-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.11
Page range: 143–146
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the genus Lumahyphes Molineri, 2004 (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae) from Brazil with description of a new species

Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR), Campus Paricarana, Centro de Estudos da Biodiversidade (CBio), CEP 69310-000, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR), Campus Paricarana, Centro de Estudos da Biodiversidade (CBio), CEP 69310-000, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
Ephemeroptera taxonomy Macroinvertebrate South America

Abstract

The genus Lumahyphes Molineri, 2004 (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae) currently is comprised of three species. Lumahyphes cocal sp. nov. is described based on material from the state of Roraima in northern Brazil. The new species differs from the other described species by having the following combination of characteristics: greyish wing membrane; terga base color whitish and terga I–III & VIII–X washed completely with gray; dorsal structure of penes rounded; spines of penes S-shaped in lateral view; and apex of spines directed anteriorly.