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Macunahyphes : a New Genus for Tricorythodes australis(Ephemeroptera : Leptohyphidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2009

L. G. Dias ,
F. F. Salles  and
C. Molineri
L. G. Dias
Affiliation:
Museu de Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
F. F. Salles
Affiliation:
Museu de Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
C. Molineri
Affiliation:
INSUE-CONICET-Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina.
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Abstract

Macunahyphes, gen. nov. is proposed to include Tricorythodes australis (Banks). In the present paper, the new taxon is describedan illustrated from imagos and nymphs. The unique characters present in Macunahyphes gen. nov. are: in the male imago,(1) forceps tri-segmented with first segment distomedially projected, (2) penis with very wide base, becoming thinner toward asubapical constriction, and then slightly widening again, penis lobes of each side almost completely fused except apical insicion,(3) penes with a ventral projection covered with spines, and in the nymph, (4) glossae and paraglossae almost completelyfused, with a circular outline, and (5) femora with numerous robust serrate setae.

Keywords

Macunahyphes australisnew genusTricorythodestaxonomyNeotropics
Type
Research Article
Information
Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 195 - 201
Copyright
© Université Paul Sabatier, 2005

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