Redescription and lectotype designation of the endemic South African mayfly Lestagella penicillata (Barnard, 1932) (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae)
Author
Pereira-Da-Conceicoa, Lyndall L.
Author
Barber-James, Helen M.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3750
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.2
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Lestagella
Demoulin, 1970
Lestagella
Demoulin 1970: 130
,
Figure 15
(a–r); McCafferty & Wang 1997: 403–405,
Figures 7
,
16
, 25, 34, 43, 52, 61, 68, 72, 86.
Type
species:
Lithogloea penicillata
by original designation
Diagnosis.
Nymph
.
Lestagella
nymphs can be distinguished from other
Teloganodidae
by the following combination of characters: a well-developed marginal fringe of setae on the head (
Fig. 2
c–e), spatulate setae on margin of prothorax, simple filamentous gills present on abdominal segment I, lamellate gills on segments II–IV with fully operculate gill on segment II, tibia lined with a single row of setae on the antero-dorsal surface, tarsal claw with well-developed subapical denticle, other denticles small. Abdominal segments with moderately developed posterolateral processes that are slightly separated from the base of the following segment, three caudal filaments with lateral, hair-like setae and a subequal median caudal filament.
Imago
.
Lestagella
adults can be distinguished from other
Teloganodidae
by the combination of the following characters: three caudal filaments, forewings with a relatively short, detached iMP and the presence of gill socket vestiges on abdominal segments II–IV.