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Issue: Vol. 4671 No. 1: 16 Sept. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.1.2
Page range: 26–34
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic study of the genus Araucanioperla Illies 1963 (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), with the description of the male genitalia, eggs and the last instar larva for A. brincki

Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación. Chile.
Plecoptera Chile Gripopterygidae SEM South America Taxonomy

Abstract

A comparative study of morphology on the genus Araucanioperla Illies, 1963 is discussed. Two species of Araucanioperla are known, A. bullocki (Navás, 1933) and A. brincki (Froehlich, 1960). For the first time the larva of A. brincki, the male genitalia of A. bullocki and the eggs of the two species are described and illustrated. The results showed that the morphology of the larvae is similar for the genus, definitively rejecting other larval morphotypes proposed for it. Eggs are also similar between the two species. The male genitalia of both species are specifically distinctive.

 

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