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Contribution to the taxonomy of the Terpides lineage (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2009

Rafael Boldrini*
Affiliation:
Divisão de Curso de Entomologia (DCEN), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), CEP 69060-001, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Frederico Falcão Salles
Affiliation:
Depto. de Ciências da Saúde, Biológicas e Agrárias, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEP 29.933-415, São Mateus, ES, Brazil
Helena R.S. Cabette
Affiliation:
Depto. de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Gross CRP, 78690-000, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brazil
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Abstract

In the present work, based on material from several localities in Brazil, we present a contribution to the taxonomy of the Terpides lineage, a monophyletic group of Neotropical mayflies that encompasses three genera: Terpides, Tikuna, and Fittkaulus. A new species of Terpides is described from the States of Espírito Santo and Mato Grosso, based on nymphs, male and female imagos. The male imago of the type species of Terpides, T. guyanensis, the nymph and male imago of Tikuna bilineata, and the nymph of Fittkaulus cururuensis are described for the first time.

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