Revision of the South American species of Hagenulopsis Ulmer and Askola Peters (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) with description of six new species
Author
Domínguez, Eduardo
CONICET-Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
Author
Molineri, Carlos
CONICET-Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
Author
Mariano, Rodolfo
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil
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Zootaxa
2009
2009-06-26
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2142.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2142.1.3
1175-5326
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Askola emmerichi
sp. nov.
Domínguez, Molineri & Mariano
Male imago. Length: body, 5.0–
5.2 mm
; fore wing, 4.8–5.0 mm. General coloration (
Fig. 1
) thorax yellowish orange, abdomen translucent, blackish marks on thorax and abdomen forming a pair of sublateral longitudinal lines; wings with blackish marks. Head (
Figs. 2–3
). Dorsal portion of eyes grayish, lower portion black; eyes widely meeting dorsally on meson of head; head yellowish with black stripes between eyes and ocelli. Antennae whitish. Thorax. Pronotum yellowish white with blackish lateral third. Mesonotum orange yellow with lateral margin of scutum, scutellum and central line on scutellum blackish. Metanotum yellowish with lateral and posterior margins blackish. Pleurae and sterna yellowish white except sclerites close to base of legs II and III darker. Legs. Leg I yellowish white except tarsi whitish, black bands on apex of femur, subapex of tibia and base of tarsal segments III and IV; tarsal bands occupying ¾ of respective segment; claws grayish [legs II and III broken off and lost]. Wings (
Figs. 1
,
25
). Membrane hyaline except base of C area yellowish and grayish spots mainly around cross veins as in
Figs. 1
,
25
; longitudinal veins yellowish, cross veins blackish bordered with grayish; 4 costal cross veins from bulla to costal brace. Abdomen translucent white except segments VIII–X yellowish white. Terga with characteristic black pattern of marks and dots (
Fig.1
), sterna without marks. Genitalia (
Figs. 28–30
): styliger plate yellowish white darker on margins, forceps and penes light gray, paler towards apex. Terminal filament whitish with a black band on the base of each segment [cerci broken off and lost].
Material:
1 male
imago from
Colombia-Brazil
,
Amazonas
,
Reserva Natural Palmarí
, quebrada
Natividad
, cuenca
rio Yabarí
,
150 m
,
N 04º 17' 28"
-
W 70º 17' 42"
,
28-V-2002
,
light trap
,
M.C. Zúñiga
,
D. Emmerich
,
A.J. Cardozo
&
R
.
J. Cardozo
cols.;
1 male
imago from
Colombia-Brazil
,
Amazonas
,
Reserva Natural Palmarí
,
rio Yabarí
, muelle
Centro Administrativo
,
120 m
,
N 04º 17' 10"
-
W 70º 17' 49"
,
29-V-2002
,
light trap
, same collectors.
Holotype
deposited at MUSENUV,
paratype
at
IFML
.
Etymology:
We dedicate this species to our friend and colleague Daniel Emmerich, one of the collectors of the
type
material.
Discussion:
Askola emmerichi
can be separated from the other species of the genus by the following combination of characters. Imago: 1) blackish marks on thorax and abdomen forming a pair of sublateral longitudinal lines (
Fig. 1
), wings with blackish marks (
Figs. 1
,
25
); 2) dorsal portion of eyes grayish and widely meeting dorsally on meson of head (
Figs. 2–3
); 3) forceps yellowish-brown, except inner margins whitish; 4) penes extending well beyond posterior margin of styliger plate (
Figs. 28–29
).