3541
Author
Judson, Sarah W.
Author
Nelson, C. Riley
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-11-06
3541
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118
journal article
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Agnetina brevipennis
(Navás, 1912)
SYNONYMY
Paragnetina brevipennis
Navás, 1912
Acroneuria mongolica
Klapálek, 1921
Marthamea producta
Klapálek, 1921
Neophasganophora brevipennis
Claassen, 1940
Phasganophora brevipennis
Zhiltzova, 1975
Agnetina brevipennis
Zwick, 1984
TYPE
LOCALITY:
Siberia
:
Chabarovskiy district
,
River Kur
.
DIAGNOSIS:
The head of adults is golden-brown in the interocellar region and has dark brown markings along the anterior margins of the head (
Fig. 202
). The pronotum is darkwith pale rugosites medially (
Fig. 202
). The male of
A. brevipennis
is brachypterous (
Fig. 202
), whereas the female is macropterous. Both sexes of other
Agnetina
species
are macropterous (
Fig. 207
,
212
). The male hemitergites are simple, gradually tapering to the apex and with only gentle curves in the dorsal and lateral aspects (
Fig. 203
). The female subgenital plate is subtriangular and may be variably pointed or truncate (
Fig. 204
). The nymph of this species most closely resembles
A. extrema
(Navás, 1912)
(
Fig. 215
), both species having an unpigmented region on the clypeus and dark pigmentation on the labrum. Conversely,
A. cocandica
has an isolated M mark on the clypeus and a pale labrum with only a thin dark line along the anterior margin (
Fig. 210
). In
A. brevipennis
, the light area on the clypeus gradually widens from its origin above the ocelli to form a rough-edged triangle (
Fig. 205
), whereas in
A. extrema
the light region is invaded by two dark arms.
DISTRIBUTION—Global:
East Palearctic—
Regional:
AOB, IDB, POB*—
Aimag:
AR, BO, BR*, BU, DO*, GA*, KhD, KhE*, KhG^, OV, SE, TO*, UB*, ZA^.
DIAGNOSIS:
According to Sivec et al. (2005), the dissected esophagus has major proventricular bands that are of uniform width in both
A. brevipennis
and
A. extrema
,
unlike
A. cocandica
which are very narrow in the middle. This character was confirmed in a random sample of Mongolian nymphs. However, for Mongolian
Agnetina
species
, external characters such as head pigmentation are typically sufficient for identification.