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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B9EC0FEEFE0F4" bold="true" box="[199,367,403,429]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Mature larva.</emphasis>
Length: body 8.59.0 mm; antennae
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; cerci 6.57.0 mm; paracercus
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. General coloration dark brownish yellow (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="14139E39FFABFFA6B28B9E88FA15E24F" blockId="5.[151,1437,259,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B9E88FE8EE0AC" bold="true" box="[199,270,475,501]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Head.</emphasis>
Dark brown, washed with pale yellow. Upper portion of male compound eye reddish, lower portion black. Antennae white. Labrum (
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): dorsum with two rows of thin, long setae; anterior region with a row of feather like setae ventrally; anteromedian emargination with moderate V shaped cleft and without denticles. Hypopharynx (
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): lingua with well developed lateral process; anterior margin deeply cleft; superlingua with a row of setae on anterior margin. Mandibles: (
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) translucent, with dark brown incisors and molars; lateral margins with scattered setae, inner incisor slightly longer than outer one. Maxilla (
<figureCitation id="8C9782BCFFABFFA6B6759DDCFB0EE3F0" box="[1081,1166,655,681]" captionStart="FIGURES 2331" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1918,1942]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,182,1894]" captionTargetId="figure-23@7.[151,1436,181,1894]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2331. Larva of Edmundsula meghamalaiensis n. sp. 23. Maxilla; 24. Labium; 25. Glossae dorsal view; 26. Foreleg; 27. Midleg; 28. Hindleg; 29. Hind femur anterior margin; 30. Hind tibia; 31. Claw." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5763341" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5763341/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
): segments I
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of palp equal in length, apical segment not tapering at apex. Labium (
<figureCitation id="8C9782BCFFABFFA6B1059DE0FC4CE397" box="[841,972,691,718]" captionStart="FIGURES 2331" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1918,1942]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,182,1894]" captionTargetId="figure-23@7.[151,1436,181,1894]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2331. Larva of Edmundsula meghamalaiensis n. sp. 23. Maxilla; 24. Labium; 25. Glossae dorsal view; 26. Foreleg; 27. Midleg; 28. Hindleg; 29. Hind femur anterior margin; 30. Hind tibia; 31. Claw." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5763341" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5763341/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Figs 2425</figureCitation>
): palps 3-segmented, segments
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narrower, with row of thick setae on dorsal margin of third segment; outer and inner margins of palp with row of long and pointed setae; segment I slightly longer than segment
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, segment
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shorter than segment
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, tapering at apex.
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<paragraph id="14139E39FFABFFA6B28B9C4CFC0BE548" blockId="5.[151,1437,259,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B9C4CFEA7E260" bold="true" box="[199,295,799,825]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Thorax.</emphasis>
Pale yellowish brown, irregularly washed with dark brown; pronotum with lateral margins white; dark brownish with diffuse hypodermal markings. Legs: brownish yellow; coxae brown; outer surface of all femora with long, thick and thin setae; dorsal surface of foreleg with short stout setae as a group in the distal region; pale macula on distal end (
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); femur of midleg moderately developed with numerous short stout setae on dorsal surface (
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); dorsal surface of hindfemora with numerous short stout setae (
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). Fore and mid tibia with thick feathered setae and long stout setae; hind tibia with thick feathered setae (
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). Claws with denticles, progressively larger from the middle, apical denticle much larger (
<figureCitation id="8C9782BCFFABFFA6B1669CA4FCFDE548" box="[810,893,1015,1041]" captionStart="FIGURES 2331" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1918,1942]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,182,1894]" captionTargetId="figure-23@7.[151,1436,181,1894]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2331. Larva of Edmundsula meghamalaiensis n. sp. 23. Maxilla; 24. Labium; 25. Glossae dorsal view; 26. Foreleg; 27. Midleg; 28. Hindleg; 29. Hind femur anterior margin; 30. Hind tibia; 31. Claw." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5763341" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5763341/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Fig. 31</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="14139E39FFABFFA6B28B9B48FC37E5B3" blockId="5.[151,1437,259,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B9B48FEC3E56C" bold="true" box="[199,323,1051,1077]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Abdomen.</emphasis>
Terga IX dark yellowish brown with diffuse hypodermal markings; terga I
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with yellowish streaks laterally; terga IVIX with posteriolateral spines, progressively larger posteriorly, spines on terga VIIIX pointed (
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). Gills on segments IVII; gill I slender and lanceolate with branched tracheae; dorsal and ventral portions of lamellae of gills
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VII wider, long and smoothly tapered at apex (
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). Subanal plate deeply cleft in male and female larva (
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). Paracercus longer than cerci; caudal filaments with whorl of setae on alternate segments, setae shorter than length of corresponding segment.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="14139E39FFABFFA6B28B9BA0FE10E454" blockId="5.[151,1437,259,2014]" box="[199,400,1267,1293]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B9BA0FE93E454" bold="true" box="[199,275,1267,1293]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Adult.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5CB6CDB2FFABFFA6B28B9A44FF41E40C" pageId="5" pageNumber="61" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="14139E39FFABFFA6B28B9A44FF41E40C" blockId="5.[151,1437,259,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B9A44FECEE468" bold="true" box="[199,334,1303,1329]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after the
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locality, Meghamalai WLS, Theni District,
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,
<collectingCountry id="6CBBDEA9FFABFFA6B7309A4BFF3DE40C" name="India" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">India</collectingCountry>
.
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<subSubSection id="5CB6CDB2FFABFFA6B28B9A0CFC65E423" box="[199,997,1375,1402]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="14139E39FFABFFA6B28B9A0CFC65E423" blockId="5.[151,1437,259,2014]" box="[199,997,1375,1402]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B9A0CFEE1E420" bold="true" box="[199,353,1375,1401]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Distribution.</emphasis>
Southern Western Ghats,
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(
<collectingRegion id="D66850DBFFABFFA6B0809A0CFCD3E420" box="[716,851,1375,1401]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="D66850DBFFABFFA6B1C59A0CFC59E423" box="[905,985,1375,1402]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Kerala</collectingRegion>
).
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<subSubSection id="5CB6CDB2FFABFFA6B28B9AD0FCEEE65F" pageId="5" pageNumber="61" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="14139E39FFABFFA6B28B9AD0FDBFE70B" blockId="5.[151,1437,259,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B9AD0FEC2E4C4" bold="true" box="[199,322,1411,1437]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B3069AD0FD21E4C4" box="[330,673,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Edmundsula meghamalaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B0E79AD0FD6BE4C4" bold="true" box="[683,747,1411,1437]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3DEBFF50FFABFFA6B0E79AD0FD6BE4C4" box="[683,747,1411,1437]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be distinguished from the previously described species,
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B2DB9AFBFF76E498" box="[151,246,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">E. lotica</emphasis>
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by the following combination of larval characters: (i) anteromedian emargination of labrum with moderate V shaped cleft and without denticles (
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); (ii) segment IIII of maxillary palps shorter and apical segment not tapering at apex (
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); (iii) segment IIIII of labial palp narrower and with a row of thick setae on the dorsal margin of third segment (
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); (iv) distal region of dorsal surface of the foreleg with a group of short spines (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="14139E39FFABFFA6B28B9908FCEEE65F" blockId="5.[151,1437,259,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B9908FEACE72C" bold="true" box="[199,300,1627,1653]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Habitat:</emphasis>
Larvae of
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B3EF9908FD78E72C" box="[419,760,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Edmundsula meghamalaiensis</emphasis>
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inhabit first order (from
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wide) mountain stream (Manalar stream,
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a.s.l.) of the Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Theni District,
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(
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). The stream is characterized by medium water temperature (1822°С at the time of sampling) and average current velocity. Larvae were collected from cobbles and pebbles where the new species was found with the larvae of the
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28C99BFFE86E65C" box="[192,262,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Baetis</emphasis>
sp.
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,
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B37799B8FE2CE65C" box="[315,428,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Afronurus</emphasis>
sp.
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,
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B3AD99B8FDECE65C" box="[481,620,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Choroterpes</emphasis>
sp.
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and
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B08599B8FCC7E65C" box="[713,839,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Dudgeodes</emphasis>
sp.
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B28B985CFECFE670" bold="true" box="[199,335,1807,1833]" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Discussion:</emphasis>
With an array of several plesiomorphic character states,
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B191985CFBE9E670" box="[989,1129,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Edmundsula</emphasis>
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is a genus of Gondwanian origin, presently the genus is endemic to southern peninsular
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, which may have phylogenetic links with genera disjunctly distributed in
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="6CBBDEA9FFABFFA6B0F09804FCCBE628" box="[700,843,1879,1905]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">South Africa</collectingCountry>
and
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. However, this requires in depth study through further exploration in respective areas. Furthermore,
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suggested a tenuous link of
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B2DB98CCFEA3E6E0" box="[151,291,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Edmundsula</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFABFFA6B03B98CCFC8FE6E0" box="[631,783,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="61">Neozephlebia</emphasis>
Penniket 1961
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from
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due to the dorsolateral expansion of the glossae in both the genera. Dense rows of setae on the outer margins of fore and middle legs in
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFA6FFABB2DB9AC8FEA3E4EC" box="[151,291,1435,1461]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="64">Edmundsula</emphasis>
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and in
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFA6FFABB0CC9AC8FD56E4EC" box="[640,726,1435,1461]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="64">Indialis</emphasis>
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, another genus endemic to southern
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apparently show relationship established the genus
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFA6FFABB0B19AECFC2AE480" box="[765,938,1471,1497]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="64">Sangpradubina</emphasis>
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from
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as pointed out by
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;
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recognized to given the morphological notes of femoral and tibial setation of genus
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<emphasis id="26D8422BFFA6FFABB2DB995BFE97E77B" box="[151,279,1544,1570]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="64">Thraulodes</emphasis>
Ulmer 1920
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from
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and
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. These phylogenetic riddles can only be solved when combined morphological and molecular studies of both larval and respective alate stages of all these Gondwanan genera with intensified international collaboration.
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