Taxonomic notes on the genus Baetiella Uéno from China, with the descriptions of three new species (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)
Author
Shi, Weifang
Author
Tong, Xiaoli
text
Zootaxa
2015
4012
3
553
569
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.9
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Baetiella marginata
Braasch, 1983
(
Figs 48, 52
)
Baetiella marginata
:
Braasch, 1983
: 153
Diagnosis.
Vertex of head and dorsal surface of thorax without tubercles or elevation (
Fig. 52
); abdominal terga without dorsal protuberance (
Fig. 48
), surface of terga and sides of sterna each with numerous pores.
Hind
wing pads minute; gills present on segments I–VII, oval and without tracheation, surface scattered with numerous pores, margin smooth with long fine setae. Paraproct with many pores and short fine setae medially, inner margin with 4– 6 blunt setae. Cerci longer than body length; inner margin of cerci with 1–6 swimming bristles successively increasing in number towards apex; median caudal filament with 3–4 segments.
Material examined.
CHINA
, Tibet:
1 nymph on slides and 3 nymphs in ethanol, Medog County, Lage Town (
29.47°N
,
94.99°E
, alt.
3,520m
),
26.ix.2010
, leg. Xianfu Li.
Distribution.
China
(Tibet),
Nepal
.
Comments.
The
type
material of
Baetiella marginata
Braasch, 1983
was not available for this study, but our specimens collected from Tibet exactly match with the illustrations and descriptions by
Braasch (1983)
. Judging from the morphological characteristics and geographical range, we consider it as a newly recorded species for the Chinese mayfly fauna.
B. marginata
Braasch
was originally collected in a mountainous stream (alt.
1,950m
) near Dhunche of
Nepal
(
Braasch 1983
). Our specimens were also collected from a stream 3,520 meters above sea level in Tibet. The surfaces of abdominal sterna and gills of this species are covered with numerous pores which may be related to adaptation for hypoxic environment in high altitudes.