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Author
Judson, Sarah W.
Author
Nelson, C. Riley
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-11-06
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Kamimuria exilis
(McLachlan, 1872)
SYNONYMY
Perla exilis
McLachlan, 1872
Marthamea luteicauda
Klapálek, 1921
Kamimuria exilis
Sivec et al., 1981
TYPE
LOCALITY:
Siberia.
DIAGNOSIS:
The head of adults has a U-shaped central dark mark connecting the ocelli and open posteriorly (
Fig. 219
), as opposed to
Paragnetina flavotincta
(McLachlan, 1872)
whose central mark covers the entire ocellar region (
Fig. 224
). Male hemitergal processes (
Fig. 220
) are much shorter than those of
Agnetina
(
Fig. 213
) and
Paragnetina
(
Fig. 225
). Hemitergal processes are not bent (
Fig. 220
) like those of
P. flavotincta
(
Fig. 225
), and have spines on the inner margin of the apex. The female subgenital plate is notched by a shallow triangle and the lobes are pointed (
Fig. 221
). In contrast to
P. flavotincta
(
Fig. 226
), the notch is much more shallow. The nymph of
K. exilis
has a subtle contrasting pattern of dark brown markings on a tan body. The nymph is readily distinguished from
Agnetina
by the absence of anal gills (
Fig. 197
), but only distinguished from
P. flavotincta
(
Fig. 227
) on the basis of coloration.
Kamimuria exilis
nymphs are darker overall and have small isolated pale regions on the head and pronotum (
Fig. 222
), much smaller than the pale markings of
P. flavotincta
.
DISTRIBUTION—Global:
East Palearctic-
Regional:
AOB, IDB*, POB*—
Aimag:
AR*, BO*, DO*, KhG^, TO*.
DISCUSSION:
We have only collected females of
K. exilis
in
Mongolia
. All known historical specimens are also females (Zhiltzova 1975, 1979). We suggest additional collecting in the north and west to document males in order to confirm species identification, although the female is believed to be sufficiently distinct.