Review of the Cincticostella insolta (Allen, 1971) complex (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae), with description of three new species from northern India and Nepal
Author
Martynov, Alexander V.
Author
Selvakumar, C.
Author
Subramanian, K. A.
Author
Sivaramakrishnan, K. G.
Author
Chandra, Kailash
Author
Palatov, Dmitry M.
Author
Sinha, Bikramjit
Author
Jacobus, Luke M.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-01-31
4551
2
147
179
journal article
27608
10.11646/zootaxa.4551.2.2
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1175-5326
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Cincticostella femorata
(
Tshernova, 1972
)
(
Figs 113–118
)
Ephemerella
sp. TEA:
Gose 1969
: 132
–135 (named
C. boja
by
Allen 1975
)
Ephemerella
(
Cincticostella
)
boja
Allen, 1975
: 18
–19 (syn. by
Jacobus
et al.
2005
)
Asiatella femorata
Tshernova, 1972
: 611
–612 (genus name preoccupied by
Asiatella
Repina, 1964
(Arthropoda: Trilobita))
Diagnosis
. Larvae of
C. femorata
can be distinguished from other representatives of the
insolta
complex by the following combination of characters: (i) head with large genae (
Figs 113
,
114
); (ii) body, especially mid- and hindfemora, significantly flattened (
Figs 113
,
117, 118
); (iii) projections of pronotum large, directed forward (
Figs 113
,
115
); (iv) projections of mesothorax not notched (
Figs 113
,
115
); (v) inner margin of forefemur without large projections or chalazae (only occasionally with one or two small chalazae) (
Fig. 116
); (vi) outer margins of mid- and hindfemora strongly serrated (
Figs 113
,
117, 118
); (vii) inner margins of mid- and hindfemora without serration (
Figs 117, 118
); (viii) outer margin of middle femur with well-developed apical projection (
Fig. 117
); (ix) paired abdominal tergal projections without bifurcation.
FIGURE 153.
Map of distribution of the
Cincticostella insolta
complex representatives: a.—
Cincticostella richardi
sp. nov.
; b.—
Cincticostella sivaramakrishnani
sp. nov.
; c.—
Cincticostella ranga
sp. nov.
; d.—
Cincticostella bifurcata
Xie, Jia, Chen, Jacobus & Zhou, 2008
; e.—
Cincticostella insolta
(Allen, 1971)
; f.—
Cincticostella
braaschi
Jacobus & McCafferty, 2008
; g.—
Cincticostella femorata
(Tshernova, 1972)
.
Note
: Distributions of
C. insolta
and
C. femorata
in mainland China mentioned by Xie
et al
. 2009 could not be given on the map, due to insufficient data.
Distribution
. Northern parts of
Vietnam
(
Tshernova 1972
) and
Thailand
(
Gose 1969
,
Jacobus
et al.
2005
,
Jacobus & McCafferty 2008
, new data), and southern part of mainland
China
(
Xie
et al
. 2009
) (
Fig. 153
).
Habitat.
Cold, st flowing streams and rivers. Larvae appear to prefer pebble, detritus, leaf litter and roots as substrate.
Remarks.
The larva of this species was described in detail by
Gose (1969)
and
Tshernova (1972)
. We illustrate the main distinguishing characters of the species (
Figs 113–118
) for comparative purposes.
Material examined.
THAILAND
: 1 larva (slide number 622),
Chiang Mai Province
,
Chom Thong District
, river flows at the
Siriphum Botanic
garden, above
1.5 km
the
Botanical
garden,
18.543444 N
,
98.501811 E
, h ~
1670 m
a.s.l.
,
19-XI-2009
,
D.M. Palatov
and M.V. Chertoprud—IN
Thai9Cinfem
; 1 larva,
Chiang Mai Province
,
Chom Thong District
, stream—main source of the
Klang Phat River
,
18.577542 N
,
98.527056 E
, h ~
1370 m
a.s.l.
,
18-XI-2009
,
D.M. Palatov
D.M. and M.V. Chertoprud—IN
Thai
10
Cinfem
.