Two new Cincticostella species from China with a larval key to species of the genus (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae)
Author
Xie, Hui
Author
Jia, Yan-Yan
Author
Chen, Ping
Author
Jacobus, Luke M.
Author
Zhou, Chang-Fa
text
Zootaxa
2009
2299
53
61
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.191662
918c44f0-6b76-4302-bd95-19dfbd60a23c
1175-5326
191662
Cincticostella szechuanensis
sp. nov.
Mature larva:
(degraded specimens, in ethanol;
Figs.14
a, b); body length 9.5–12.0 mm. Caudal filaments 6.0–8.0 mm. Head with roughened appearance. Mouthparts: labrum with very shallow anteromedian emargination and setae relatively dense situated around margins. Maxilla(
Fig.16
) somewhat flattened, with row of setae along inner margin; palp with three distinct segments.
FIGURES 14–15. Mature larvae of
C. szechuanensis
sp. nov.
14: Dorsal view (a,b). 15: Pro- and Mesothoracic anterolateral projections (magnified image) Thorax: Prothorax expanded laterally, with rounded anterolateral projections. Mesothoracic anterolateral projections blunt and notched medially (
Fig. 15
); mesal plate without spines or strong ridges. Femora longer than tibiae, with longitudinal ridge on upper surface and not strongly flattened nor marginally serrate; tibiae longer than tarsi; claw with two proximal denticles.
Abdomen: Abdominal terga without paired spines; posterior margins sometimes sinuate. Gills 3 slightly falcate, with inner margins longer than outer margins. Caudal filaments with very few intrasegmental setae, very few hairlike setae at articulations and small spines at alternate articulations.
Etymology: The specific epithet is a reference to the
type
locale.
Diagnosis. The new species is distinct among congeners in that it lacks any prominent paired processes on the abdominal terga.
Material examined:
Holotype
, larva,
China
, Sichuan (Szechuan) province, Kuanshien,
2000 ft
. elev., II/
III-1930
, deposited in the
US
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,
USA
[USNM].
Paratypes
, four larvae, same collection data [USNM].
FIGURES 16–21.
Characters of
Cincticostella
species
16,
maxilla of
C. szechuanensis
sp. nov.
;
Larval habituses
: 17,
C. femorata
; 18,
C. fusca
; 19,
C. gosei
; 20,
C. insolta
; 21,
C. nigra
.