A new species of Isonychia Eaton, 1871 (Ephemeroptera: Isonychiidae) from Kapila River, Central Western Ghats, India
Author
Muthukatturaja, M.
Author
Balasubramanian, C.
Department of Zoology & Microbiology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai- 625009, Tamil Nadu, India.
Author
Rathinakumar, T.
0000-0002-3492-5138
Department of Zoology & Microbiology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai- 625009, Tamil Nadu, India. & thangamrathinakumar 1986 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3492 - 5138
thangamrathinakumar1986@gmail.com
Author
Sivaramakrishnan, K. G.
Flat 3, Door No. 7, Gokulam Apartments, Gokulam Colony, West Mambalam, Chennai- 600033.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-14
4908
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journal article
8830
10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.9
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Key to the known male imagoes of Oriental
Isonychia
(excludes
I. khyberensis
)
1. Wings light brown, shiny, with dark brown veins (
Ulmer, 1912
)................................
Isonychia formosana
- Wings transparent.................................................................................... 2
2. Abdomen red, the postsegmental margins of all tergites and those of the first five sternites pitch black; the following sternites somewhat lighter (
Ulmer, 1913
)............................................................
Isonychia grandis
- Abdomen reddish brown; postsegmental margins of terga V–VI pitch black; sterna pale yellow....................... 3
3. Peneal lobe distinctly separated.......................................................................... 5
- Peneal lobe not distinctly separated....................................................................... 4
4. Penes without serrations or large spines and with distal angles rounded, length relatively equal to gonostyli pedestals (
Vasanth
et al.,
2019
).........................................................................
Isonychia moyarensis
- Anterolateral margins of penes rounded with scattered barbs on dorsal surface; penes relatively short, reaching ½ of gonostyli pedestals..........................................................................
Isonychia radhae
n. sp.
5. Pterostigma dark brown (
Ulmer, 1939
)......................................................
Isonychia winkleri
- Stigmatic area dull white (Hsu, 1936)..................................................
Isonychia kiangsinensis