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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus, larva: A habitus in dorsal view B habitus in ventral view C habitus in lateral view D head of male in dorsal view E head of female in dorsal view F-H middle leg in dorsal view I abdominal terga (arrow points on medial macula) J abdominal sterna II-VI K, L gills VII (in natural position from ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.986.56276.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471925" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus, larva: A labrum (left half in dorsal view, right half in ventral view) with detail of hair-like seta B incisors of left mandible C incisors of right mandible D setae on dorsal surface of femora E surface and posterior margin of abdominal tergum VII with detail of hair-like seta F gill I G gill III (arrow points on distinct projection on costal margin) H gill VII (flattened on slide) I-K gill VII (in natural position from ventral view), variability in shape L, M abdominal segments VIII-X in lateral view (arrow points on postero-lateral projection) N sternum IX of female with observed variability." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.986.56276.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471926" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 5</figureCitation>
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Tshernova, 1938
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(Tshernova, 1938); in
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Sinitshenkova, 1976; jun. syn.; in
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(Tshernova, 1938); in
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type locality.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Azerbaijan, The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, a stream in the vicinity of the upper Sakarsu River (3000 m a.s.l.).</paragraph>
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Georgia, south-western Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, eastern Turkey (Fig.
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). One of the most widespread species in the Caucasus.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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Larvae inhabit small streams and rivers at middle and high altitude, most frequently found above 1000 m a.s.l. Altitudinal range of sampling sites 496-2474 m a.s.l. (Fig.
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).
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(i) abdominal sterna II-VI with a pair of oblique stripes; nerve ganglia often with stripes or spots (Fig.
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); (ii) abdominal terga V-VII with crown-like medial macula (Fig.
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, arrow); (iii) femora with medial hypodermal spot (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus, larva: A habitus in dorsal view B habitus in ventral view C habitus in lateral view D head of male in dorsal view E head of female in dorsal view F-H middle leg in dorsal view I abdominal terga (arrow points on medial macula) J abdominal sterna II-VI K, L gills VII (in natural position from ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.986.56276.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471925" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4G, H</figureCitation>
), sporadically absent or poorly visible (Fig.
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); (iv) setae on abdominal terga hair-like (Fig.
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); (v) gill plates III with well-developed projection (Fig.
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); (vi) tergum X with poorly developed postero-lateral projections (Fig.
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, arrow) or without postero-lateral projections (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
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.
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Coloration pattern of abdominal sterna as in
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(Figs
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), similar pattern in
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(Fig.
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). Lateral stripes on abdominal terga sporadically dorso-posteriorly extended as in
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(Fig.
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, arrows). A projection on gill plates III usually well-developed, a slight reduction observed in specimens collected from central Armenia.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Taxonomy</emphasis>
.
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This species was described based on male imagines from the Nakchivan Autonomous Republic (upper Sakarsu River) (
<bibRefCitation author="Tshernova, OA" journalOrPublisher="Trudy Azerbajdshanskogo Filiala AN SSSR, Baku" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="55 - 64" refId="B45" refString="Tshernova, OA, 1938. Zur Kenntnis der Ephemeropteren Ost-Transkaukasien. Trudy Azerbajdshanskogo Filiala AN SSSR, Baku 7: 55 - 64" title="Zur Kenntnis der Ephemeropteren Ost-Transkaukasien." volume="7" year="1938">Tshernova 1938</bibRefCitation>
). The type series is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg (IZ) (
<bibRefCitation author="Kluge, NJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B29" refString="Kluge, NJ, 1995. A catalogue of the type-specimens in the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Insecta: Ephemeroptera. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg" title="A catalogue of the type-specimens in the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Insecta: Ephemeroptera." year="1995">Kluge 1995</bibRefCitation>
). Female imago not described; the larva described by
<bibRefCitation author="Sinitshenkova, ND" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="85 - 92" refId="B43" refString="Sinitshenkova, ND, 1976. Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Entomological Review 55: 85 - 92" title="Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus." volume="55" year="1976">Sinitshenkova (1976)</bibRefCitation>
from several localities in Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Larvae and imagines were associated based on the same sampling sites (a part of the larval material originated from the vicinity of the type locality) and a similarity in the coloration of abdomen of the larva and imagines. The description and validity of larval diagnostic characters were discussed by
<bibRefCitation author="Braasch, D" journalOrPublisher="Reichenbachia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="283 - 294" refId="B7" refString="Braasch, D, 1979. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Reichenbachia 17: 283 - 294" title="Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae)." volume="17" year="1979">Braasch (1979</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Braasch, D" journalOrPublisher="Entomologische Nachrichten" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="166 - 173" refId="B8" refString="Braasch, D, 1980. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton (Heptageniidae, Ephemeroptera) im Kaukasus (UdSSR), 2. Entomologische Nachrichten 24: 166 - 173" title="Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton (Heptageniidae, Ephemeroptera) im Kaukasus (UdSSR), 2." volume="24" year="1980">1980</bibRefCitation>
). According to him,
<bibRefCitation author="Sinitshenkova, ND" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="85 - 92" refId="B43" refString="Sinitshenkova, ND, 1976. Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Entomological Review 55: 85 - 92" title="Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus." volume="55" year="1976">Sinitshenkova (1976)</bibRefCitation>
described the larva of
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. (C.) znojkoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="znojkoi" subGenus="C.">E. (C.) znojkoi</taxonomicName>
under the name
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. (C.) caucasicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caucasicus" subGenus="C.">E. (C.) caucasicus</taxonomicName>
by mistake. This opinion was supported by the investigation of imagines reared from larvae corresponding to
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. (C.) caucasicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caucasicus" subGenus="C.">E. (C.) caucasicus</taxonomicName>
described by
<bibRefCitation author="Sinitshenkova, ND" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="85 - 92" refId="B43" refString="Sinitshenkova, ND, 1976. Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Entomological Review 55: 85 - 92" title="Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus." volume="55" year="1976">Sinitshenkova (1976)</bibRefCitation>
. Imagines corresponded to
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. (C.) znojkoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="znojkoi" subGenus="C.">E. (C.) znojkoi</taxonomicName>
as were described by
<bibRefCitation author="Tshernova, OA" journalOrPublisher="Trudy Azerbajdshanskogo Filiala AN SSSR, Baku" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="55 - 64" refId="B45" refString="Tshernova, OA, 1938. Zur Kenntnis der Ephemeropteren Ost-Transkaukasien. Trudy Azerbajdshanskogo Filiala AN SSSR, Baku 7: 55 - 64" title="Zur Kenntnis der Ephemeropteren Ost-Transkaukasien." volume="7" year="1938">Tshernova (1938)</bibRefCitation>
. The larva belonging to
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. (C.) caucasicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caucasicus" subGenus="C.">E. (C.) caucasicus</taxonomicName>
was also described in
<bibRefCitation author="Sinitshenkova, ND" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="85 - 92" refId="B43" refString="Sinitshenkova, ND, 1976. Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Entomological Review 55: 85 - 92" title="Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus." volume="55" year="1976">Sinitshenkova (1976)</bibRefCitation>
, but under erroneous attribution to newly proposed species
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. (C.) fuscus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="fuscus" subGenus="C.">E. (C.) fuscus</taxonomicName>
. Later,
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. (C.) fuscus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="fuscus" subGenus="C.">E. (C.) fuscus</taxonomicName>
was considered as a synonym of
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. (C.) caucasicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caucasicus" subGenus="C.">E. (C.) caucasicus</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Braasch, D" journalOrPublisher="Reichenbachia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="283 - 294" refId="B7" refString="Braasch, D, 1979. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Reichenbachia 17: 283 - 294" title="Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae)." volume="17" year="1979">Braasch 1979</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Braasch, D" journalOrPublisher="Reichenbachia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="261 - 272" refId="B12" refString="Braasch, D, Soldan, T, 1979. Neue Heptageniidae aus Asien (Ephemeroptera). Reichenbachia 17: 261 - 272" title="Neue Heptageniidae aus Asien (Ephemeroptera)." volume="17" year="1979">
Braasch and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Soldán">Soldan</normalizedToken>
1979
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.986.56276.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471924" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Geographical (left) and vertical (right) distribution of
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Tshernova" baseAuthorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Heptageniidae" genus="Epeorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caucasicus" subGenus="Caucasiron">Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.986.56276.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471925" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Tshernova" baseAuthorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Heptageniidae" genus="Epeorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caucasicus" subGenus="Caucasiron">Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus</taxonomicName>
, larva:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
habitus in dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
habitus in ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
habitus in lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
head of male in dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
head of female in dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F-H</emphasis>
middle leg in dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">I</emphasis>
abdominal terga (arrow points on medial macula)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">J</emphasis>
abdominal sterna II-VI
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K, L</emphasis>
gills VII (in natural position from ventral view).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.986.56276.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471926" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Tshernova" baseAuthorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Heptageniidae" genus="Epeorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caucasicus" subGenus="Caucasiron">Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus</taxonomicName>
, larva:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
labrum (left half in dorsal view, right half in ventral view) with detail of hair-like seta
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
incisors of left mandible
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
incisors of right mandible
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
setae on dorsal surface of femora
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
surface and posterior margin of abdominal tergum VII with detail of hair-like seta
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
gill I
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
gill III (arrow points on distinct projection on costal margin)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H</emphasis>
gill VII (flattened on slide)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">I-K</emphasis>
gill VII (in natural position from ventral view), variability in shape
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L, M</emphasis>
abdominal segments VIII-X in lateral view (arrow points on postero-lateral projection)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
sternum IX of female with observed variability.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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