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<mods:title>A new genus from Madagascar with strongly enlarged labium (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Kaltenbach, Thomas</mods:namePart>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., habitus, nymph a dorsal view b ventral view c, d lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610392" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figures 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a frontal section of head b head, ventral view c labium, lateral view d head, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610393" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a base of antenna b labrum (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) c right mandible d right prostheca e right incisor and kinetodontium f left mandible g left prostheca h left incisor and kinetodontium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610394" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">, 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a hypopharynx and superlinguae b maxilla (ds: denti-seta) c seta at tip of maxilla d labium (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) e apex of paraglossa (ventral view). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610395" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a foreleg b fore claw c hind leg d head. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610396" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">, 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a tergite IV (posterior margin) b paraproct c gill IV (with enlarged margins). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610397" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., distribution in Madagascar." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610398" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">, 7</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Type species.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="gen. et" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Diopsidae" genus="Megalabiops" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalabiops madagasikara" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="madagasikara">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalabiops madagasikara</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov., by present designation.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Nymph.</emphasis>
This new genus is distinguished by the combination of the following characters: A) body rather short and stocky (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., habitus, nymph a dorsal view b ventral view c, d lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610392" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">1</figureCitation>
); B) base of antennae close to each other, with rather broad carina between them (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a frontal section of head b head, ventral view c labium, lateral view d head, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610393" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">2a</figureCitation>
); C) pedicellus with many long, stout, pointed setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a base of antenna b labrum (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) c right mandible d right prostheca e right incisor and kinetodontium f left mandible g left prostheca h left incisor and kinetodontium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610394" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">3a</figureCitation>
); D) labrum rather small, lateral margins straight, distal margin largely V-shaped; dorsal surface with one long, submedian seta and submarginal arc of setae restricted to a few simple setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a base of antenna b labrum (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) c right mandible d right prostheca e right incisor and kinetodontium f left mandible g left prostheca h left incisor and kinetodontium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610394" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">3b</figureCitation>
); E) both mandibles with brush of medium, fine setae between prostheca and mola (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a base of antenna b labrum (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) c right mandible d right prostheca e right incisor and kinetodontium f left mandible g left prostheca h left incisor and kinetodontium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610394" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">3c, f</figureCitation>
); F) hypopharynx with large, medial tuft of stout setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a hypopharynx and superlinguae b maxilla (ds: denti-seta) c seta at tip of maxilla d labium (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) e apex of paraglossa (ventral view). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610395" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">4a</figureCitation>
); G) maxillary palp 2-segmented (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a hypopharynx and superlinguae b maxilla (ds: denti-seta) c seta at tip of maxilla d labium (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) e apex of paraglossa (ventral view). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610395" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">4b</figureCitation>
); H) labium with strongly enlarged mentum (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a frontal section of head b head, ventral view c labium, lateral view d head, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610393" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">2b-d</figureCitation>
); glossae basally broad, narrowing toward apex, shorter than paraglossae; inner ventrolateral margin of glossae with a row of long, simple setae, close to ventrolateral margin with a row of very long, simple setae, apically with some very robust, long, curved setae; stout paraglossae, slightly curved inward, apex with three rows of stout, pectinate setae; labial palps segment II without distolateral protuberance, segment III slightly pentagonal (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a hypopharynx and superlinguae b maxilla (ds: denti-seta) c seta at tip of maxilla d labium (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) e apex of paraglossa (ventral view). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610395" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">4d, e</figureCitation>
); I) forelegs with a row of long, spine-like setae on dorsal margin of femur; femoral patch absent on all legs; patellotibial suture absent on foreleg and present on middle and hind legs; claw strongly elongated, pointed, with two rows of numerous, minute denticles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a foreleg b fore claw c hind leg d head. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610396" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">5a, b</figureCitation>
); J) posterior margin of abdominal tergites with triangular spines, lateral margins without spines (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a tergite IV (posterior margin) b paraproct c gill IV (with enlarged margins). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610397" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">6a</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalabiops madagasikara</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov., habitus, nymph
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">a</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">b</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">c,d</emphasis>
lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Imagines.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Unknown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalabiops madagasikara</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology
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frontal section of head
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">b</emphasis>
head, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">c</emphasis>
labium, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">d</emphasis>
head, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kaltenbach &amp; Gattolliat" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Diopsidae" genus="Megalabiops" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalabiops" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalabiops</emphasis>
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is an arbitrary combination of letters with allusion to the Greek words
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">mega</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">iops</emphasis>
, and the Latin word
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">labium</emphasis>
.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalab</emphasis>
- is with reference to the strongly enlarged
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">labium</emphasis>
and -
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">iops</emphasis>
with reference to the
<taxonomicName authorityName="Leach" authorityYear="1815" class="Insecta" family="Baetidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Baetidae</taxonomicName>
which look and move like small fishes. The gender is feminine.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalabiops madagasikara</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">a</emphasis>
base of antenna
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">b</emphasis>
labrum (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">c</emphasis>
right mandible
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">d</emphasis>
right prostheca
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">e</emphasis>
right incisor and kinetodontium
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">f</emphasis>
left mandible
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">g</emphasis>
left prostheca
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">h</emphasis>
left incisor and kinetodontium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Nymph.</emphasis>
(Figs
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-
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., distribution in Madagascar." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610398" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">7</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Body.</emphasis>
Short and stocky (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a frontal section of head b head, ventral view c labium, lateral view d head, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610393" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Head</emphasis>
.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Antenna</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a base of antenna b labrum (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) c right mandible d right prostheca e right incisor and kinetodontium f left mandible g left prostheca h left incisor and kinetodontium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610394" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">3a</figureCitation>
). Antennae bases close to each other, with broad carina between them. Pedicellus with many long, stout, pointed setae; scapus bare.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Labrum</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a base of antenna b labrum (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) c right mandible d right prostheca e right incisor and kinetodontium f left mandible g left prostheca h left incisor and kinetodontium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610394" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">3b</figureCitation>
). Rather small, lateral margins straight and distal margin largely V-shaped, wider than long; on dorsal surface with one submedian, long, simple seta and submarginal arc of setae restricted to few simple setae; on ventral margin anterolaterally and medially with a row of long, fine setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Right mandible</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a base of antenna b labrum (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) c right mandible d right prostheca e right incisor and kinetodontium f left mandible g left prostheca h left incisor and kinetodontium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610394" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">3c, d, e</figureCitation>
). Incisor and kinetodontium cleft, kinetodontium with distinct denticles; inner margin of innermost denticle without a row of thin setae; prostheca stick-like, apicolaterally denticulate; margin between prostheca and mola with brush of abundant, medium, fine setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Left mandible</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a base of antenna b labrum (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) c right mandible d right prostheca e right incisor and kinetodontium f left mandible g left prostheca h left incisor and kinetodontium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610394" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">3f, g, h</figureCitation>
). Incisor and kinetodontium partially cleft, kinetodontium with distinct denticles; prostheca robust, apically with denticles and comb-shaped structure; margin between prostheca and mola with brush of abundant, medium, fine setae; mola slightly reduced in size.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<taxonomicName genus="Hypopharynx" lsidName="Hypopharynx" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="genus">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Hypopharynx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a hypopharynx and superlinguae b maxilla (ds: denti-seta) c seta at tip of maxilla d labium (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) e apex of paraglossa (ventral view). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610395" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">4a</figureCitation>
). Lingua rather broad and expanded, with large dorsomedial tuft of stout setae.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610395" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="gen. et" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Diopsidae" genus="Megalabiops" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalabiops madagasikara" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="madagasikara">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalabiops madagasikara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">a</emphasis>
hypopharynx and superlinguae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">b</emphasis>
maxilla (ds: denti-seta)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">c</emphasis>
seta at tip of maxilla
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">d</emphasis>
labium (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">e</emphasis>
apex of paraglossa (ventral view). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Maxilla</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a hypopharynx and superlinguae b maxilla (ds: denti-seta) c seta at tip of maxilla d labium (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) e apex of paraglossa (ventral view). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610395" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">4b, c</figureCitation>
). Apically with three canines and three denti-setae; distal denti-seta tooth-like, closely attached to canines, following same direction as canines, other denti-setae slender, bifid and pectinate; maxillary palp 2-segmented, apically pointed and with stout seta at the tip.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Labium</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a frontal section of head b head, ventral view c labium, lateral view d head, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610393" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">2b-d</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a hypopharynx and superlinguae b maxilla (ds: denti-seta) c seta at tip of maxilla d labium (left: ventral view, right: dorsal view) e apex of paraglossa (ventral view). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610395" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">4d, e</figureCitation>
). Mentum strongly enlarged (long, very thick). Glossae basally broad, narrowing toward apex, shorter than paraglossae; inner ventrolateral margin with row of long, simple setae and close to inner margin with row of very long, simple setae; apically with some very robust, long, curved setae. Paraglossae broad, slightly curved inward, with convex outer margin; apically with three rows of long, stout, pectinate setae. Labial palps long, segment II without distolateral protuberance, segment III almost pentagonal, distal margin straight, lateral margin curved.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
Thorax.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Hind protoptera</emphasis>
</emphasis>
well developed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Foreleg</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a foreleg b fore claw c hind leg d head. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610396" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">5a, b</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Femur</emphasis>
stocky with a row of long, spine-like setae on dorsal margin and many long, spine-like setae along ventral margin; femoral patch absent.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Tibia</emphasis>
stocky, slightly shorter than tarsus. Patellotibial suture absent, connection between tibia and tarsus tight.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Claw</emphasis>
strongly elongated, pointed; with two long rows of numerous, minute denticles; subapical setae absent.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610396" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="gen. et" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Diopsidae" genus="Megalabiops" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalabiops madagasikara" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="madagasikara">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalabiops madagasikara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">a</emphasis>
foreleg
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">b</emphasis>
fore claw
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">c</emphasis>
hind leg
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">d</emphasis>
head. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Middle and hind legs</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a foreleg b fore claw c hind leg d head. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610396" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">5c</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Femur</emphasis>
slenderer than at foreleg; femoral patch absent.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Tibia</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Patellotibial suture present.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Claw</emphasis>
as in foreleg.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
Abdomen.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Tergites</emphasis>
</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a tergite IV (posterior margin) b paraproct c gill IV (with enlarged margins). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610397" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">6a</figureCitation>
). Posterior margin with triangular spines on all segments; lateral margins without spines.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610397" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figure 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="gen. et" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Diopsidae" genus="Megalabiops" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalabiops madagasikara" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="madagasikara">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalabiops madagasikara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">a</emphasis>
tergite IV (posterior margin)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">b</emphasis>
paraproct
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">c</emphasis>
gill IV (with enlarged margins). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Gills</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a tergite IV (posterior margin) b paraproct c gill IV (with enlarged margins). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610397" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">6c</figureCitation>
). Seven pairs of gills on segments I-VII, dorsally oriented.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Paraproct</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., nymph morphology a tergite IV (posterior margin) b paraproct c gill IV (with enlarged margins). Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610397" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">6b</figureCitation>
). With slight, rounded expansion at posterior margin; with numerous, stout, marginal spines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Caudal filaments</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., habitus, nymph a dorsal view b ventral view c, d lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610392" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">1</figureCitation>
). Inner margin of cerci with 3 to more than 15 long, thin primary swimming setae per segment, increasing in number distally; paracercus bilaterally with 4 to more than 13 long, thin primary swimming setae per segment, increasing in number distally.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="465" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Imagines.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="465" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Megalabiops madagasikara gen. et sp. nov., distribution in Madagascar." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610398" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">7</figureCitation>
). Madagascar: Eastern coast.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.73911.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/610398" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="465">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Figure 7.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="gen. et" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Diopsidae" genus="Megalabiops" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megalabiops madagasikara" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="465" rank="species" species="madagasikara">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="465">Megalabiops madagasikara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
gen. et sp. nov., distribution in Madagascar.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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