Dasyplocia aequatorialis Gonçalves & Pescador & Peters 2020, sp. nov

Main Authors: Gonçalves, Inês C., Pescador, Manuel L., Peters, Janice G.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment eJournal
Terbitan: , 2020
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3806858
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  • Dasyplocia aequatorialis sp. nov. Gonçalves, Pescador & Peters Nymph: Length: male (mature, black wing-padded) 25 mm; female (not mature) 29–31 mm. Specimen coloration fading therefore few color features are described. Dorsolateral margins of head blackish anterior to antennal insertion; eyes black; ocelli faded but probably white with inner margin black; antennae with scape and pedicel same color as head, flagellum lighter (Figs 1–3). Labrum with baso-lateral margins black (Fig 8). Color of abdomen completely faded; gills purplish grey. Penes of mature nymph long, fused on basal 1/3, apparently with an apical non-sclerotized process (Figs 6–7). Etymology: “ aequatorialis “ – referring to country of Ecuador. Material: Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, small stream 19 km SE Paquisha, 1,010 km, 21.ix.1990, Pescador, M.L. leg., Holotype: 1 female nymph (NMNH); paratypes: 1 mature male nymph (wings dissected, two slides) and 1 female nymph (mouthparts dissected and illustrated (FAMU).
  • Published as part of Gonçalves, Inês C., Pescador, Manuel L. & Peters, Janice G., 2020, A new genus of Euthyplociinae from Ecuador (Ephemeroptera: Euthyplociidae), pp. 107-112 in Zootaxa 4759 (1) on page 111, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/3756072