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Issue: Vol. 2438 No. 1: 27 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2438.1.4
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Thraulodes Ulmer (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Southeastern Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21941–971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Laboratório de Insetos Aquáticos, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 22290-240, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21941–971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Ephemeroptera mayflies taxonomy Neotropics South America

Abstract

A new species of the mayfly genus Thraulodes Ulmer is described based on specimens from the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. Nymph and imagos from both sexes are described. The new species can be easily recognized by abdominal and legs color pattern whether from nymphs or imagos.

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