New species and records for the mayfly families Caenidae, Leptohyphidae and Coryphoridae (Ephemeroptera, Pannota) from Venezuelan Guayana’s Uplands
Author
Molineri, Carlos
Author
Grillet, Maria-Eugenia
Author
Nieto, Carolina
Author
Dominguez, Eduardo
Author
Guerrero, Edmundo
text
Zootaxa
2011
2750
39
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.206964
8be3c4b0-eca9-4fa2-b40f-102609149a82
1175-5326
206964
Tricorythopsis volsellus
Molineri
Tricorythopsis volsellus
Molineri 1999
: 294
.
Material.
One 3 imago (slide 514) from
Venezuela
, Estado Bolívar, Tarota,
N 5° 49' 15"
–
W 61° 25' 4"
,
1324 m
,
27/VI/2007
, EG, AMO, CA and MEG cols. Deposited in
MLBV
.
Discussion.
T. volsellus
was described from imagos of both sexes from Rio Negro (TFA,
Venezuela
),
Molineri (1999)
discussed and illustrated the characters defining this species.
Ecology.
The specimen was collected along the river margins, at night, and during the rainy season (
June 2007
). The river was a non shaded, medium size (
12 m
wide; 3rd order) and bed-rock bottom river with acidic waters (pH=5).