Revision of fossil Metretopodidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in Baltic amber - Part 4: Description of two new species of Siphloplecton Clemens, 1915, with notes on the new S. jaegeri species group and with key to fossil male adults of Siphloplecton
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Godunko, Roman J.
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Neumann, Christian
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Staniczek, Arnold H.
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.898.47118
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.898.47118
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Siphloplecton jaegeri species group
Diagnosis.
Male imago: (1) eyes large, medially contiguous; (2) outer margin of foretibia with several stout, pointed setae; (3) cubital field with three long intercalary veins: one long intercalary vein connected with CuA by one or several crossveins; one pair of intercalary veins situated close to CuP and at least connected with CuA (or additionally with CuP) by a crossvein; (4) plate angulate, mediocaudally only shallowly incised; incisions with relatively small pronounced triangular projections; with or without medial projection, if present, small and bluntly pointed apically; (5) forceps relatively long; basal segment conical, without apical hump on inner margin; (6) penis stem elongated; (7) penis significantly surmounting distal end of plate, reaching 0.25−0.30
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length of forceps segment 2; (8) penis lobes elongated, apically triangular or rounded, medially contiguous, with V-shaped cleft apically.
Species composition.
Siphloplecton jaegeri
Demoulin, 1968,
Siphloplecton landolti
sp. nov.,
Siphloplecton studemannae
sp. nov.,
Siphloplecton
sp. 5,
Siphloplecton
sp. 6.