A new mayfly species of Choroterpes (Choroterpes) Eaton, 1881 (Ephemeroptera Leptophlebiidae) from southern Western Ghats, India
Author
Muthukatturaja, Marimuthu
Department of Zoology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai- 625009, Tamil Nadu, India.
Author
Balasubramanian, Chellaiah
Department of Zoology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai- 625009, Tamil Nadu, India.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-04-19
5128
1
142
150
journal article
55851
10.11646/zootaxa.5128.1.9
1e693690-d152-4c81-b391-44399a71d6dc
1175-5326
6479674
F83029DC-D657-4D18-81B9-C1360EAA23C5
Nymphal key to the known species of subgenus
Choroterpes
in
India
1. Gill I single ……..................................................................................... 2
- Gill I double......................................................................
Choroterpes
(
C.
)
petersi
2. Gill I slender.......................................................................................... 3
- Gill I basal half broader and tapered to apex.................................
Choroterpes
(
C.
)
kumaradhara
sp. nov.
3. Upper and lower lamellae of gills 2–7 broad............................................
Choroterpes
(
C.
)
kaegies
- Upper and lower lamellae of gills 2–7 not broad................................... ..
Choroterpes
(
C.
)
andamanensis