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Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-22
Page range: 279–286
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Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) of the Serra do Tepequém, Roraima State, Brazil: new records and description of two new species

Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA/Manaus Museu Integrado de Roraima – MIRR, Divisão de Pesquisas e Estudos Amazônicos, Boa Vista/Roraima
Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA/Manaus
leptophlebiids Neotropical taxonomy mayflies

Abstract

Miroculis (Miroculis) eldorado sp. nov. and Ulmeritoides passorum sp. nov. are described based on material from Serra do Tepequém, Roraima State, Brazil. Additional records of Leptophlebiidae genera and species are made. Askola Peters, 1969, Farrodes Peters, 1971, Microphlebia Savage & Peters, 1983, Hydrosmilodon Flowers & Dominguez, 1992, Hagenulopsis minuta Spieth, 1943 and Simothraulopsis demerara (Traver, 1947) are recorded for the first time in Roraima State. Simothraulopsis janae Mariano, 2010 is recorded for the first time in the Northern Brazil.