Megabranchiella gen. nov., a new mayfly genus (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Thailand with description of two new species

Autor: Sirikamon Phlai-ngam, Boonsatien Boonsoong, Jean-Luc Gattolliat, Nisarat Tungpairojwong
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: ZooKeys, Vol 1125, Iss , Pp 1-31 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1313-2970
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1125.90802
Popis: Megabranchiella gen. nov. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) is established as a new baetid mayfly genus from northern Thailand. Two new species, Megabranchiella scutulata sp. nov. and Megabranchiella longusa sp. nov., are described. This genus is distinguished from other Baetidae by abdominal segment I, bearing a pair of enlarged, ventrally oriented single gills, covering abdominal sternites II–V; other gills have normal size and are dorsolaterally oriented. The two new species Megabranchiella longusa sp. nov. and Megabranchiella scutulata sp. nov. can be differentiated by the setation of femur dorsal margin and the shape of abdominal gill I. This mayfly genus was found in flowing water with cobble microhabitats in headwater streams of northern Thailand.
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