Review of the genus Hyrtanella (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae)
Author
Jacobus, Luke M.
Author
Sartori, Michel
text
Zootaxa
2004
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158566
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Hyrtanella christineae
Allen and Edmunds
Fig. 9
Diagnosis.
Larvae
(
Allen & Edmunds 1976:
Figs. 1, 5, 6
) have sharp genal and frontal spines that are upturned; the third segment of the labial palp relatively wide proximally; the mandibular base produced into a lateral protuberance; prominent, bluntly pointed projections on the upper surface of the forefemur; and prominent, paired, bluntly pointed projections on the thoracic and abdominal sterna.
Larval variability.
Allen and Edmunds (1976)
described
H. christineae
as having a body length of
6.5–7.5 mm
. However, we examined some final instar
H. christineae
specimens with a body length of up to
9.5 mm
. One larva from the Liwagu River, north of Kundassan, has two more dorsal projections on the thorax than described by
Allen and Edmunds (1976)
.
Discussion.
The series of
paratype
larvae that we examined includes early, middle, and late instars.
Material examined.
Island
of Borneo—MALAYSIA (east),
Sabah
: Liwagu R, N of Kundassan,
915m
elev., S8e,
16–17/VIII/1972
, GF&
CH
Edmunds, two larvae [
PERC
]; Liwagu R, Liwagu Cave, SE of Headquarters,
1525m
elev., S7e,
14–15/VIII/1972
, GF&
CH
Edmunds,
24 larvae
(
paratypes
) [
PERC
]; same data, six larvae [
MZL
,
PERC
]; SilauSilau Stream, N of Kinabalu NP Headquarters,
1585m
elev., S3e,
11/VIII/1972
, GF&
CH
Edmunds, one larva [
PERC
].