Hydromastodon sallesi, new genus and new species of Atalophlebiinae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from West and North of Brazil, and notes on systematics of Hermanella group
Author
Polegatto, C. M.
Author
Batista, J. D.
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-10-19
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1619.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1619.1.3
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Hydromastodon sallesi
Polegatto and Batista
,
new species
(
Fig. 1
-21)
Mature nymph, male
. In alcohol. Body length: ca. 6.7mm, without caudal filaments; head ca. 1.4mm.
Head
(Fig. 2). Color pattern: head of male nymph light brown, upper portion of eyes orange-brown, lower portion black; in male, lower portion of eyes about 1/5 width of upper portion. Antennae 1,6 length of head. Labrum (
Fig. 13
): dorsal surface with fourteen to fifteen long setae; ventral surface with long setae in a oblique row decreasing posteriorly, and short setae on posterior area; posterior and lateral margin with short and relatively long setae respectively. Hypopharynx: as in Fig. 18. Left mandible (Fig. 21): incisors with three denticles, one prominent denticle and two smaller; prostheca with numerous long and fine setae, and two hard setae; mola with a prominent and hard posterior area. Right mandible (Fig. 19-20). Anterior incisor with three denticles, one of them prominent, posterior incisor with two subequal denticles; prostheca more slender than right, with long and fine setae. Maxillae (Fig. 16-17). Setae on crown of galeolaciniae numerous, and with setae on the base of tooth; setae on medial galealacinial margin fine and long in a single row, except on anterior region with two rows; all setae as in
Fig. 13
; third segment of maxillary palpi with long and fine setae in six parallel rows; apex of third segment bare and soft (Fig. 17). Labium (Fig. 14-15). Glossae and paraglossae with setae as in Fig. 14; labial palp: segment two with nine long dorsal setae, segment three with long setae concentrated ventrally, third segment with fifteen-sixteen short spine-like setae on inner margin (Fig. 15).
Thorax
. Color pattern: thorax brown, legs light brown. Pronotum with weak anterolateral angle, with two setae. Legs (Fig. 7-10). Femora with long, strong and fine setae on posterior margin, and short setae on anterior margin; tibiae with long fine setae on anterior margin, scarce on third tibiae; long setae on all femora and on third tibiae, clavate apically (Fig. 10); short setae on median margin of tibiae and tarsi as in Figs. 7-9; tarsal claws (
Fig. 6
) with subequal denticles, three apical and five at middle point, in two separate rows.
Abdomen
(Fig. 4). Color pattern: segments 1 to 5 pigmented of black, segments 6 to 10, with color pattern as in Fig. 4. Segments 6 to 9 with posterolateral spines. Gills (Fig. 11) with a minute fine apical projection.
Mature nymph, female
. In alcohol. Color pattern: Head and abdomen of female nymph with pattern as in Figs. 3, 5; thorax with color similar to male; segments 1 to 5 pigmented of black as in male, but with small areas lighter; segments 6 to 10 similar of in males, as in Fig. 5.
Diagnosis
: This species can be distinguished from
Hydromastodon mikei
(Thomas & Boutonnet, 2004)
, by the the following combination of characters: presence of posterolateral spines on abdominal segment 6 to 9; absence of spots in tibiae and tarsi; more numerous dorsal setae on labrum; prominent and hard posterior area of left mola; and color pattern of abdomen.
Adults
: unknown.
Etymology
: The name of species is in honour to my friend Frederico Falcão Salles, a great specialist in
Ephemeroptera
in
Brazil
.
Material examined
:
Holotype
: mature nymph male,
North
of
Brazil
State
of
Roraima
,
Bem Querer Stream
,
18-X-2004
.,
Frederico F. Salles
.
Paratypes
: 1 mature nymph female, same of
holotype
, 1 imature nymph male,
West
of
Brazil
,
State
of
Mato Grosso
, near to
Nova Xavantina
,
Pindaíba Stream
;
II-2003
;
Joana D. Batista
&
Helena S.
R
.
Cabette
.
The
holotype
and
1 paratype
are deposited in the
National Research Institute of Amazon
, and
1 paratype
is deposited in the
Museum of Zoology
of the
University
of
São Paulo
(
MZSP
)
,
São Paulo
.