Morphological and electrophoretic evidence for a new species of Electrogena from central Italy: Description of E. lunaris sp. n. (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)

Morphological and electrophoretic evidence for a new species of Electrogena from central Italy: Description of E. lunaris sp. n. (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)

A population of Electrogena from central Apennine (Italy), previously attributed to E. later-alis (Curtis) proved to be a new species after electrophoretic analysis. Imagines of the new species, named E. lunaris sp. n. differ from E. lateralis only by body and wing colouration. Larvae can be identif...

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Published in:Aquatic insects Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 129 - 140
Main Authors: Belfiore, Carlo, Scillitani, Giovanni, Picariello, Orfeo, Cataudo, Adriana
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 01-07-1997
Subjects:
Electrogena lunaris
electrophoresis
Ephemeroptera
Freshwater
Heptageniidae
Italy
new species
taxonomy
Italy
Heptageniidae
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Summary:A population of Electrogena from central Apennine (Italy), previously attributed to E. later-alis (Curtis) proved to be a new species after electrophoretic analysis. Imagines of the new species, named E. lunaris sp. n. differ from E. lateralis only by body and wing colouration. Larvae can be identified by numerical methods. Electrophoresis indicated three loci (Aldh, Gdh, Mpi) that are diagnostic between the syntopic populations of E. lunaris and E. lateralis and the allele frequencies of three other loci (Est-2, Mdh-1, Pgm) were statistically different between the two species.
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ISSN:0165-0424
1744-4152
DOI:10.1080/01650429709361647