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Issue: Vol. 1620 No. 1: 23 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1620.1.3
Page range: 53–62
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of Ecdyonurus solus sp. nov., a new species of the Ecdyonurus venosus species-group (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) from the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine

Department of Hydrobiology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
Tavrida National University V. I. Vernads’kogo, Faculty of Geography, Department of Geoecology, Vernadsy Prosp. 4, UA-95007 Simferopol, Ukraine
State Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Teatralna 18, 79008 Lviv, Ukraine and Biology Centre of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Ephemeroptera Ecdyonurus venosus species-group Heptageniidae new species description taxonomy Crimean Peninsula Ukraine

Abstract

The larvae and adults of Ecdyonurus solus sp. nov., are described and illustrated. This species is found in the mountainous region of the Crimean Peninsula, and belongs to the Ecdyonurus venosus species-group. SEM photographs of the eggs of new species are presented. The distinguishing characteristics separating this E. solus sp. nov. from closely related species of the E. venosus species-group are discussed. Detailed data on the biology and distribution of the new species are presented.

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