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<mods:title>The Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) of the Comoros and Mayotte</mods:title>
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1.
<taxonomicName LSID="65E6751E-65B2-556F-AD68-1A359D150C01" authority="(Ulmer, 1909)" baseAuthorityName="Ulmer" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Baetidae" genus="Afroptilum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroptilum bicorne" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicorne">Afroptilum bicorne (Ulmer, 1909)</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Nymphs, habitus: a Afroptilum bicorne b Dabulamanzia mayottensis sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586004" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Figures 2a</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a labrum b right mandible c right prostheca d left mandible e left prostheca f comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process g hypopharynx and superlinguae h maxilla i labium j apex of paraglossa. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586005" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">, 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a foreleg b fore claw c tergum IV d gill IV e paraproct f metanotum (left side), with hind protopteron (mature nymph). Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586006" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Distribution of Afroptilum bicorne and Cloeon smaeleni in the Comoros Archipelago." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586007" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">, 5</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Nymph.</emphasis>
Following combination of characters: A) labrum on dorsal surface with a simple submedian seta, a submarginal arc of ca. six simple setae and one simple seta in between; B) both mandibles with stout setae between prostheca and mola; C) labial palp segment II with a poorly developed distomedial protuberance; segment III conical and slightly pointed, with a minute, pointed projection at inner basal margin; D) maxillary palp approximately as long as galea-lacinia; E) fore femur rather broad, length ca. 3
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maximum width; dorsal margin with ca. 30 curved, spine-like setae; F) hind protoptera present; G) six pairs of gills.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Nymph</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Nymphs, habitus: a Afroptilum bicorne b Dabulamanzia mayottensis sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586004" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">2a</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a labrum b right mandible c right prostheca d left mandible e left prostheca f comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process g hypopharynx and superlinguae h maxilla i labium j apex of paraglossa. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586005" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">3</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a foreleg b fore claw c tergum IV d gill IV e paraproct f metanotum (left side), with hind protopteron (mature nymph). Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586006" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">4</figureCitation>
). Body length 3.0-5.2 mm. Cerci: ca. 0.8
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body length. Paracercus: ca. 2/3 of cerci length. Antenna: approx. 2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
as long as head length.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586004" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Nymphs, habitus:
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Ulmer" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Baetidae" genus="Afroptilum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroptilum bicorne" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicorne">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Afroptilum bicorne</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">b</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kaltenbach &amp; Mary &amp; Gattolliat" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Baetidae" genus="Dabulamanzia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dabulamanzia mayottensis" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mayottensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Dabulamanzia mayottensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Colouration</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Nymphs, habitus: a Afroptilum bicorne b Dabulamanzia mayottensis sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586004" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">2a</figureCitation>
). Head, thorax and abdomen dorsally brown, abdominal segments II-VI medially with darker areas; head, thorax and abdomen ventrally light brown. Legs light brown, caudalii light brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Labrum</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a labrum b right mandible c right prostheca d left mandible e left prostheca f comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process g hypopharynx and superlinguae h maxilla i labium j apex of paraglossa. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586005" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">3a</figureCitation>
). Subrectangular, length 0.7
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maximum width. Distal margin with medial emargination and small process. Dorsally with long, fine, simple setae scattered over surface; a long, simple submedian seta, a submarginal arc of ca. six simple setae, decreasing in length laterally, and a medium, simple seta in between. Ventrally with marginal row of setae composed of lateral and anterolateral long, feathered setae and medial long, bifid setae; ventral surface with ca. six short, spine-like setae near lateral and anterolateral margin.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586005" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Ulmer" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Baetidae" genus="Afroptilum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroptilum bicorne" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicorne">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Afroptilum bicorne</emphasis>
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, nymph morphology:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">a</emphasis>
labrum
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">b</emphasis>
right mandible
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">c</emphasis>
right prostheca
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">d</emphasis>
left mandible
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">e</emphasis>
left prostheca
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">f</emphasis>
comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">g</emphasis>
hypopharynx and superlinguae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">h</emphasis>
maxilla
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">i</emphasis>
labium
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">j</emphasis>
apex of paraglossa. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Right mandible</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a labrum b right mandible c right prostheca d left mandible e left prostheca f comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process g hypopharynx and superlinguae h maxilla i labium j apex of paraglossa. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586005" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">3b, c</figureCitation>
). Incisor and kinetodontium partly fused. Incisor with five denticles; kinetodontium with three denticles. Prostheca stick-like, distolaterally laterally denticulate. Margin between prostheca and mola with many long, stout setae. Tuft of setae at apex of mola present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Left mandible</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a labrum b right mandible c right prostheca d left mandible e left prostheca f comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process g hypopharynx and superlinguae h maxilla i labium j apex of paraglossa. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586005" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">3d-f</figureCitation>
). Incisor and kinetodontium fused. Incisor with four denticles; kinetodontium with three denticles. Prostheca robust, apically with small denticles and comb-shaped structure. Margin between prostheca and mola straight, with medium simple setae, and minute denticles towards subtriangular process. Subtriangular process long and slender, above level of area between prostheca and mola. Comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process. Tuft of setae at apex of mola present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Both mandibles with lateral margins almost straight. Basal half with fine, simple setae scattered over dorsal surface.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Hypopharynx and superlinguae</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a labrum b right mandible c right prostheca d left mandible e left prostheca f comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process g hypopharynx and superlinguae h maxilla i labium j apex of paraglossa. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586005" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">3g</figureCitation>
). Lingua approximately as long as superlinguae. Lingua longer than broad; medial tuft of stout setae well developed; distal half laterally not expanded. Superlinguae distally rounded; lateral margins rounded; fine, long, simple setae along distal margin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Maxilla</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a labrum b right mandible c right prostheca d left mandible e left prostheca f comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process g hypopharynx and superlinguae h maxilla i labium j apex of paraglossa. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586005" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">3h</figureCitation>
). Galea-lacinia ventrally with two simple, apical setae under canines. Inner dorsal row of setae with three denti-setae, distal denti-seta tooth-like, slightly directed against canines, middle and proximal denti-setae slender and pectinate. Medially with one spine-like seta and five or six simple setae, increasing in length distally. Maxillary palp approximately as long as length of galea-lacinia; 2-segmented; palp segment II 1.4
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length of segment I; setae on maxillary palp fine, simple, scattered over surface of segments I and II; apex of last segment rounded.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Labium</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a labrum b right mandible c right prostheca d left mandible e left prostheca f comb-shaped structure below subtriangular process g hypopharynx and superlinguae h maxilla i labium j apex of paraglossa. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586005" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">3i, j</figureCitation>
). Glossa basally broad, narrowing toward apex; slightly shorter than paraglossa; inner margin with eight spine-like setae; apex with one long and one medium, robust, pectinate setae; outer margin with five spine-like setae; ventral surface with fine, simple, scattered setae. Paraglossa sub-rectangular, curved inward; apex rounded; with three rows of long, robust setae in apical area, a row of long, robust setae on distolateral margin, and one short, simple seta in anteromedial area; dorsally with two long, spine-like, simple setae near inner margin. Labial palp with segment I 1.1
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length of segments II and III combined. Segment I ventrally with short, fine, simple setae. Segment II with very slight distomedial protuberance; ventral surface with short, fine, simple setae; dorsally with 5-7 spine-like setae near outer margin. Segment III conical, apex slightly pointed; with a minute, pointed projection at inner basal margin; length 0.6
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width; ventrally covered with short, spine-like, simple setae and short, fine, simple setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Hind protoptera</emphasis>
(Fig.
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) well developed.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Ulmer" baseAuthorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Baetidae" genus="Afroptilum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroptilum bicorne" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicorne">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Afroptilum bicorne</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, nymph morphology:
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foreleg
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">b</emphasis>
fore claw
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">c</emphasis>
tergum IV
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">d</emphasis>
gill IV
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">e</emphasis>
paraproct
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">f</emphasis>
metanotum (left side), with hind protopteron (mature nymph). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Foreleg</emphasis>
(Fig.
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). Ratio of foreleg segments 1.3:1.0:0.7:0.2.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Femur</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Length ca. 3
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maximum width. Dorsal margin with 30 curved, spine-like setae. Apex rounded, with pair of spine-like setae. A few lanceolate setae scattered on distomedial surface. Short, stout, lanceolate setae scattered along ventral margin; femoral patch absent.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Tibia</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Dorsal margin with row of scarce, fine simple setae; on apex one stout, apically rounded seta. Ventral margin with row of short, curved, spine-like setae, on apex a few longer setae. Anterior surface scattered with short, stout, lanceolate setae. Patellotibial suture absent.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Tarsus</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Dorsal margin bare. Ventral margin with row of curved, spine-like setae.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Claw</emphasis>
with one row of six denticles and a second row of three denticles; distally pointed; with three or four stripes; one pair of long, subapical setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Middle and hind legs</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
As foreleg, but with patellotibial suture.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Terga</emphasis>
(Fig.
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). Surface with irregular rows of U-shaped scale bases. Posterior margin of tergum IV with triangular spines, approximately as long as wide.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Gills</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a foreleg b fore claw c tergum IV d gill IV e paraproct f metanotum (left side), with hind protopteron (mature nymph). Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586006" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">4d</figureCitation>
). Present on segments II-VII. Margin with small denticles intercalating short, fine, simple setae. Tracheae extending from main trunk to inner and outer margins. Gill IV as long as length of segments V and VI combined; gill VII as long as length of segments VIII and IX combined.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Paraproct</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Afroptilum bicorne, nymph morphology: a foreleg b fore claw c tergum IV d gill IV e paraproct f metanotum (left side), with hind protopteron (mature nymph). Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586006" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">4e</figureCitation>
). Distally not expanded, with 25-35 marginal spines. Surface scattered with U-shaped scale bases and micropores. Cercotractor with small, marginal spines.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="427" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Imago.</emphasis>
See
<bibRefCitation author="Ulmer, G" editor="Voeltzkow, A" journalOrPublisher="Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Naegeli und Dr. Sproesser" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" pagination="365 - 368" refId="B46" refString="Ulmer, G, 1909. Ephemeriden von Madagaskar und den Comoren. In: Voeltzkow, A, Ed., Reise in Ostafrika, in den Jahren 1903-1905 II (IV), E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Naegeli und Dr. Sproesser: 365 - 368" title="Ephemeriden von Madagaskar und den Comoren." volumeTitle="Reise in Ostafrika, in den Jahren 1903 - 1905 II (IV), E." year="1909">Ulmer 1909</bibRefCitation>
: p. 366, figs 1-3 and discussion below.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="427" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Distribution</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Distribution of Afroptilum bicorne and Cloeon smaeleni in the Comoros Archipelago." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586007" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">5</figureCitation>
). Comoros (Anjouan,
<normalizedToken originalValue="Mohéli">Moheli</normalizedToken>
), Mayotte.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.70632.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/586007" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Distribution of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Afroptilum bicorne</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Cloeon smaeleni</emphasis>
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in the Comoros Archipelago.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="427" type="biological aspects">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Biological aspects.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
In Mayotte, the specimens were collected at altitudes between sea level and 100 m, mostly together with one or several other species (
<taxonomicName genus="C." lsidName="C. smaeleni" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" rank="species" species="smaeleni">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">C. smaeleni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName genus="D." lsidName="D. mayottensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" rank="species" species="mayottensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">D. mayottensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
<taxonomicName family="BaetidaeEphemeroptera " genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. glaucus" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" rank="species" species="glaucus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">L. glaucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); in the Comoros, the specimens were collected at an altitude of 750 m, together with
<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. freitagae" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" rank="species" species="freitagae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">P. freitagae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. cylindroculum" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" rank="species" species="cylindroculum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="427">P. cylindroculum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The characteristics and environmental conditions of the sampling site in the Comoros (Anjouan, Riv. Santsa) are described in
<bibRefCitation author="Starmuehlner, F" journalOrPublisher="Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien" pageId="0" pageNumber="427" pagination="621 - 742" refId="B44" refString="Starmuehlner, F, 1979. Results of the Austrian Hydrobiological Mission, 1974, to the Seychelles-, Comores- and Mascarene Archipelagos: Part 1: Preliminary report. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 82: 621 - 742" title="Results of the Austrian Hydrobiological Mission, 1974, to the Seychelles-, Comores- and Mascarene Archipelagos: Part 1: Preliminary report." volume="82" year="1979">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Starmühlner">Starmuehlner</normalizedToken>
(1979
</bibRefCitation>
: p.651): river width 0.5-1 m, depth 2-10 cm, current 0.5-&gt;1 m/s, water temperature ca. 24 °C, bottom substrata consisted of basaltic rock, boulders, gravel and sand at the borders.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="427" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="427">
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<collectingCountry name="Comoros">Comoros</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount>9 nymphs</specimenCount>
;
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,
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, upper course,
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near
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;
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" unit="m" value="750.0">750 m</elevation>
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;
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; leg.
<collectorName>
F.
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</collectorName>
; 2 on slides;
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,
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;
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alcohol;
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,
<specimenCode>GBIFCH00515708</specimenCode>
;
<collectionCode>MZL</collectionCode>
,
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</materialsCitation>
.
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<collectingCountry name="Mayotte">Mayotte</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount>1 nymph</specimenCount>
;
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,
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Affl.
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3
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;
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,
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;
<collectingDate value="2006-05-18">18.05.2006</collectingDate>
; leg.
<collectorName>N. Mary</collectorName>
; on slide;
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;
<collectionCode>MZL</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
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<specimenCount>78 nymphs</specimenCount>
;
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,
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aval;
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,
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;
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</quantity>
;
<collectingDate value="2009-04-14">14.04.2009</collectingDate>
; leg.
<collectorName>N. Mary</collectorName>
; 2 on slides;
<specimenCode>GBIFCH00592714</specimenCode>
,
<specimenCode>GBIFCH00592722</specimenCode>
;
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alcohol;
<specimenCode>GBIFCH00515671</specimenCode>
,
<specimenCode>GBIFCH00515709</specimenCode>
;
<collectionCode>MZL</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode>FAMU</collectionCode>
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;
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Bas.
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</collectingMunicipality>
,
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Loc.
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aval
</location>
;
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,
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;
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</quantity>
;
<collectingDate value="2009-04-14">14.04.2009</collectingDate>
; leg.
<collectorName>N. Mary</collectorName>
; in alcohol;
<specimenCode>GBIFCH00515674</specimenCode>
;
<collectionCode>MZL</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2009-04-16" collectingDateMax="2009-04-20" collectingDateMin="2006-05-18" collectionCode="MZL" collectorName="N. Mary" country="Mayotte" elevation="40" latitude="-12.851945" location="Loc. Bouyouni intermediaire" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="45.161392" municipality="Bas. Riv. Bouyouni" specimenCode="GBIFCH00515675" specimenCount="1">
<specimenCount>1 nymph</specimenCount>
;
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,
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Loc. Bouyouni
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</location>
;
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,
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;
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<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" unit="m" value="40.0">40 m</elevation>
</quantity>
;
<collectingDate value="2009-04-16">16.04.2009</collectingDate>
; leg.
<collectorName>N. Mary</collectorName>
; in alcohol;
<specimenCode>GBIFCH00515675</specimenCode>
;
<collectionCode>MZL</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
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<specimenCount>15 nymphs</specimenCount>
;
<collectingMunicipality>
Riv.
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</collectingMunicipality>
,
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Loc.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="intermédiaire">intermediaire</normalizedToken>
</location>
;
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,
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;
<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" unit="m" value="95.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" unit="m" value="95.0">95 m</elevation>
</quantity>
;
<collectingDate value="2009-04-20">20.04.2009</collectingDate>
; leg.
<collectorName>N. Mary</collectorName>
; 1 on slide;
<specimenCode>GBIFCH00592723</specimenCode>
;
<quantity metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.556" unit="in" value="14.0">14 in</quantity>
alcohol;
<specimenCode>GBIFCH00515718</specimenCode>
;
<collectionCode>MZL</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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