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Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-29
Page range: 491–514
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First description of winged stages of Thraulobaetodes Elouard & Hideux 1991 and reclassification of Rhithrocloeoninae (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

Department of Entomology, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
mayflies Ephemeroptera Baetidae Rhithrocloeoninae Thraulobaetodes systematics

Abstract

Larvae, subimagoes, imagoes of both sexes and eggs of Thraulobaetodes cumminsorum Elouard & Hideux 1991 are described based on reared material from north-west of Zambia. Structure and development of genitals testify that Thraulobaetodes Elouard & Hideux 1991 belongs to Rhithrocloeoninae Kluge 2012. According to the newly suggested classification, Rhithrocloeoninae are divided into Thraulobaetodini tribus n. and holophyletic taxon Rhithrocloeonini, which includes Bugilliesia Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 1996, Mutelocloeon Gillies & Elouard 1990 and Rhithrocloeon Gillies 1985 (including subgenus Kivuiops Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 2007). Structure of egg chorion of Bugilliesia, Mutelocloeon and Rhithrocloeon is described for the first time. Additional imaginal and subimaginal characters of Mutelocloeon are reported.

 

How to Cite

Kluge, N.J. (2015) First description of winged stages of Thraulobaetodes Elouard & Hideux 1991 and reclassification of Rhithrocloeoninae (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Zootaxa, 3949 (4), 491–514. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3949.4.2