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Issue: Vol. 5642 No. 5: 3 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.5.1
Page range: 401-426
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Integrative taxonomy of the genus Habrophlebia Eaton, 1881 in Morocco (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae): new species, redescriptions, and morphological-mitochondrial discrepancies

Laboratory of Ecology; Systematics and Conservation of Biodiversity; LESCB URL-CNRST N°18; Faculty of Sciences; Abdelmalek Essaadi University; B.P.2121. Tetouan 93002; Morocco.
State Museum of Natural Sciences (Naturéum); Department of Zoology; Palais de Rumine; Place Riponne 6; CH-1005; Lausanne; Switzerland.; University of Lausanne (UNIL); Department of Ecology and Evolution; CH-1015 Lausanne; Switzerland.
Laboratory of Ecology; Systematics and Conservation of Biodiversity; LESCB URL-CNRST N°18; Faculty of Sciences; Abdelmalek Essaadi University; B.P.2121. Tetouan 93002; Morocco.
State Museum of Natural Sciences (Naturéum); Department of Zoology; Palais de Rumine; Place Riponne 6; CH-1005; Lausanne; Switzerland.; University of Lausanne (UNIL); Department of Ecology and Evolution; CH-1015 Lausanne; Switzerland.
Ephemeroptera COI Habrophlebia abietis Habrophlebia linae Rif systematics West Palaearctic hybrids introgression

Abstract

We present a comprehensive overview of the Habrophlebia Eaton, 1881 species inhabiting Morocco. Based on nymphal material, two new species from the Rif Mountain range in northern Morocco are described as Habrophlebia abietis sp. nov. and Habrophlebia linae sp. nov. The descriptions of Habrophlebia vaillantorum Thomas, 1986 and Habrophlebia dakkii El Alami, Vuataz & Sartori, 2023 are emended. Analysis of mtDNA COI affinities and key morphological characters within the investigated populations suggest an important proportion of hybrid populations in the Rif domain, presenting a mix of characters from H. dakkii, H. abietis and H. linae. This finding, rarely documented among mayflies, is discussed.

 

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Alami, M.E., Vuataz, L., Yaagoubi, S.E. & Sartori, M. (2025) Integrative taxonomy of the genus Habrophlebia Eaton, 1881 in Morocco (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae): new species, redescriptions, and morphological-mitochondrial discrepancies. Zootaxa, 5642 (5), 401–426. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.5.1