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Issue: Vol. 4768 No. 4: 5 May 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-05-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.4.10
Page range: 591–595
Abstract views: 91
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The nymph of Hermanellopsis arsia Savage & Peters, 1983 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Brazilian Northeastern Region

Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias, Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, CEP 65604-380, Caxias, MA, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Citogenética e Evolução, CEP 90650-970, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Campus Heróis do Jenipapo, Laboratório de Biodiversidade, CEP 64280-000, Campo Maior, PI, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias, Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, CEP 65604-380, Caxias, MA, Brazil.
Ephemeroptera Leptophlebiidae

Abstract

Hermanellopsis Demoulin, 1955 is a genus of Leptophlebiidae known from adults of both sexes and is represented solely by two species, both from South America: Hermanellopsis arsia Savage & Peters, 1983, described only from male subimago; and H. incertans (Spieth, 1943) described from male imago and female subimago. Edmunds et al. (1976) provided the generic description for the supposed nymph of Hermanellopsis. However, Savage & Peters (1983) revised the genus, and study of related genera raised doubt about the identity of the proposed nymph. Thus, the nymph of Hermanellopsis has remained unknown until now.

 

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