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
Allen and Edmunds
Diagnosis.
Larvae
are distinguished by having claws with basal denticles and a set of long subapical denticles; gills 3 operculate, with a median, transverse, weakened band; paired, blunt spines on abdominal terga 4–7; single, median spines on abdominal terga 8 and 9; and abdominal segments 8 and 9 reduced in width (
Allen & Edmunds 1976
).
Female adults
are distinguished by having a reduced number of marginal intercalaries between CuA and IMP in the forewing (one intercalary between IMP and MP2, and no intercalaries between MP2 and CuA), a relatively small hindwing with few crossveins and a sharp costal projection, a constricted abdomen, a medial spine vestige on abdominal segment 8, and enlarged abdominal segments 8 and 9 (
Allen & Edmunds 1976
;
Allen 1980
).
Discussion.
In the original description,
Allen and Edmunds (1976)
erroneously described gills present only on segments 3–6. As noted by
McCafferty and Wang (2000)
and
Kluge (2004)
,
Hyrtanella
larvae indeed possess gills on segments 3–7.