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Taxonomy: A new species of Tricorythodes Ulmer (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae) from Northern Brazil
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 May 2009
Abstract
A new species of Tricorythodes Ulmer (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae) is described based on nymphs from the Northern Region of Brazil. Tricorythodes rondoniensis sp. n. can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the following characters: wide femora, nearly circular, with the margins covered with very long setae; tarsal claws with 5–6 marginal denticles; terga III–VII with an acute median tubercle; operculate gill ovoid and abdominal colour pattern.
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- Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , 2009 , pp. 127 - 129
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- © EDP Sciences, 2009
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