Redescriptions of Indian species of Nigrobaetis Kazlauskas (in Novikova & Kluge) 1987 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) Author Kluge, Nikita Department of Entomology, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7 / 9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia. Author Sivaruban, T. PG and Research department of Zoology, The American College, Madurai- 625002, India. Author Srinivasan, Pandiarajan PG and Research department of Zoology, The American College, Madurai- 625002, India. Author Barathy, S. Department of Zoology, Fatima College, Madurai- 625018, India. Author Isack, Rajasekaran PG and Research department of Zoology, The American College, Madurai- 625002, India. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-04 5418 5 528 550 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.5 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.5 1175-5326 10779995 DA29D841-FF29-481B-9164-6A255EFCF19F Subgenus Margobaetis Kang & Yang 1994 ( Figs 1–89 ) Group gracilis : Novikova & Kluge 1994: 634 (egg, larva). Subgenus Margobaetis Kang & Yang (in Kang, Chang & Yang) 1994: 11 (partim). Type species: Baetis ( Margobaetis ) mundus Chang & Yang (in Kang & Chang & Yang) 1994. Diagnosis. Egg more or less asymmetric: in typical case one side bluntly cone-like pointed, with surface mostly smooth; opposite side hemispheric or hemi-ellipsoid, with regularly arranged papillae and/or other relief ( Figs 39–43 , 86–89 ). Paraglossa narrower than in other Nigrobaetis , with apical setae arranged mostly in 2 longitudinal rows ( Figs 17–18 , 54 ; Müller-Liebenau 1969 : Abb. 140e; Kaltenbach & Gattolliat 2023 : figs 4b, 12b, 18b, 24b–c, 31b–c, 37d). Composition. Europe: Nigrobaetis ( Margobaetis ) gracilis ( Bogoescu & Tabacaru 1957 ) . Jordan : probably N. ( M. ) vuatazi Gattolliat & Sartori in Gattolliat et al . 2012 (egg structure unknown). Arabia: N. ( M. ) arabiensis Gattolliat & Sartori 2008 . Algeria : probably N. ( M. ) numidicus ( Soldan & Thomas 1983 ) (egg structure unknown). Afrotropical Region: probably N. ( M. ) bethuneae Lugo-Ortiz & de Moor 2000 (egg structure unknown). In subsequent publications, some other Afrotropical species will be described. Siberia and Far East: N. ( M. ) bacillus ( Kluge 1983 ) . Continental China : probably N. ( M. ) trialbus Li et al . 2023 (egg structure unknown). Taiwan : N. ( M. ) tatuensis (Müller-Liebenau 1985) (= « Baetis taiwanensis »: Kang et al . 1994 ), N. ( M. ) mundus (Chang & Yang in Kang et al . 1994 ). Probably also N. ( M. ) facetus (Chang & Yang in Kang et al . 1994 ), N. ( M. ) terminus (Chang & Yang in Kang et al . 1994 ) (egg structure unknown). Oriental Region: N. ( M. ) minutus ( Müller-Liebenau 1984 ) (= N. paramakalyani Kubendran & Balasubramanian in Kubendran et al . 2015 syn. n. ; = N. sumbensis Kaltenbach & Gattolliat 2023 syn. n. ), N. ( M. ) klugei Sivaruban et al . 2022 . Probably also species with unknown egg structure— N. ( M. ) mirabilis ( Müller-Liebenau 1984 ) , N. ( M. ) gombaki ( Müller-Liebenau 1984 ) , N. ( M. ) plures Kaltenbach & Gattolliat 2023 , N. ( M. ) palawus Kaltenbach & Gattolliat 2023 , N. ( M. ) suma Kaltenbach & Gattolliat 2023 , N. ( M. ) borneus Kaltenbach & Gattolliat 2023 , N. ( M. ) kaliman Kaltenbach & Gattolliat 2023 . Described and figured eggs of N. plures , N. suma and N. kaliman ( Kaltenbach & Gattolliat 2023 : figs 7, 27, 40) are immature, have no definite shape and have no chorion structure. In subsequent publications, some other Oriental species will be described.