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Issue: Vol. 3478 No. 1: 11 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.3
Page range: 11–18
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 17

A new species of Atopophlebia Flowers (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from western Ecuador with ecological and biogeographic notes on the genus

Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue, Instituto Nacional Autónimo de Investigaciones de Agropecuaria, Km 5, via El Empalme Quevedo, Los Ríos, Ecuador
Ephemeroptera Atopophlebia Leptophlebiidae Ecuador Romeral Fault

Abstract

Atopophlebia pitculya is described from adults and nymphs from western Ecuador. Nymphs were found in leaf packs in small streams that can be intermittent in the dry season. This species along with Atopophlebia fortunensis are found associated with the accreted terranes of Central America, the Western Andes of Colombia, and the coastal mountains in northwestern Ecuador.

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