Review of Oculogaster Kluge 2016 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae, Procloeon Bengtsson 1915)
Author
Kluge, Nikita J.
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Zootaxa
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Oculogaster
Kluge 2016
(
Figs 1–133
)
Subgenus
Oculogaster
Kluge 2016: 494
.
Type
species:
Procloeon cylindroculum
Kimmins 1956
.
Diagnosis. (1)
Viviparous (
Kluge 2016
: figs 38–42, 76–79). The same in
Cloeon
s. str.
and some other mayflies, but not in other
Procloeon
/g1.
(2)
Pterostigma normally either with 1 cross vein (
Fig. 40
), or with 2 cross veins (
Fig. 104
) (on individual wings this number varies from 1 to 3) (
Figs 40–41
).
(3)
Larval femur with two apical spine-like setae (
Figs 17
,
81
,
110
). The same in many other taxa of
Baetidae
, but not in other
Procloeon
/g1 and not in other
Cloeon
/fg1.
Larvae of all
Oculogaster
have a similar structure of the labium, with a pair of submedian setae distinguishable among other setae of dorsal surface (
Figs 50
,
113
). Mandibles of the «
Baetis
-
type
» (
Kluge 2020a
: table 1 and p. 578), i.e. with incisor and kinetodontium fused, left prostheca wide, and all denticles of incisor, kinetodontium, prostheca and mola visible in one view (
Figs 51–52
,
114–115
). All species of
Oculogaster
lack hind wings, and larvae have no vestiges of hind protoptera (
Müller-Liebenau & Hubbard 1985
: fig. 9h).
Distribution.
Paleotropical (Afrotropical and Oriental Regions).
Discussion.
In the previous diagnosis, the number of cross veins in pterostigma was reported as one, with individual variability; this diagnosis was based on
P.
(
O.
)
cylindroculum
and
P.
(
O.
)
album
, whose pterostigma normally has one cross vein. Examination of
P. regularum
reveals that it should be placed in
Oculogaster
, while its pterostigma normally has 2 cross veins; this fact expands the diagnosis of
Oculogaster
. While pterostigma with one cross vein is not found in any taxa other than
Oculogaster
, pterostigma with two veins occurs in some other taxa, particularly in some species of
Cloeon
s. str.
, which were confused with species belonging to
Oculogaster
.
Species composition and classification.
Oculogaster
can be divided into two species groups: the African group, which includes
P.
(
O.
)
cylindroculum
Kimmins 1956
,
P.
(
O.
)
barnardi
sp. n.
,
P.
(
O.
) niger
sp. n.
,
P.
(
O.
) sp. «Wolfkloof» and presumably
P.
(
O.
)
silvicola
Gillies 1997
, and the Asian group, which includes
P.
(
O.
)
album
Kluge 2016
,
P.
(
O.
)
regularum
Müller-Liebenau & Hubbard 1985
,
P.
(
O.
)
malabarensis
sp. n.
, presumably
P. julia
(
Gillies 1949
)
comb. n.
and unnamed
P.
sp. «Thailand-3»,
P.
sp. «Sulawesi» and
P
. sp. «
Philippines
».