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Issue: Vol. 2560 No. 1: 6 Aug. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2560.1.2
Page range: 16–28
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

The genus Americabaetis Kluge (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in Brazil: new species, stage description, and key to nymphs

Depto. de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEP 29.932–540, São Mateus, ES, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Laboratório de Pesquisa em Ecologia e Química, Área de Ciências Exatas e Ambientais, Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó, CEP 89.809–000, Chapecó, SC, Brazil
Divisão de Curso de Entomologia (DCEN), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), CEP 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Área de Ciências Exatas e Ambientais, Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó, CEP 89.809-000, Chapecó, SC, Brazil
Ephemeroptera mayfly taxonomy Neotropics South America macroinvertebrate

Abstract

In the present work based on material from several areas in Brazil, the species of Americabaetis represented in the country are revised. A new species, A. mecistognathus, sp. nov., is described based on nymphs from Santa Catarina, the male adult of A. labiosus Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty is described, a key to the nymphs of the South American species is provided, whereas comments regarding the taxonomy and habitat distribution of the Brazilian species are presented.

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