Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, India. 2University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai- 600005..
Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, India. .
Zootaxa. 2021 Dec 7;5076(1):56-70. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5076.1.7.
Three new species of Leptophlebiidae viz., Choroterpes (Choroterpes) andamanensis Vasanth, Subramanian Selvakumar n. sp., Edmundsula meghamalaiensis Vasanth, Subramanian Selvakumar n. sp. and Megaglena agasthiya Vasanth, Subramanian Selvakumar n. sp. are described based on our recent exploration of mayflies from the streams of Andaman Island, Tamil Nadu and Kerala part of the southern Western Ghats. The genus Megaglena Peters Edmunds, 1970 has extended the distribution in southern peninsular India as represented by the occurrence of M. agasthiya n. sp. Larval key is provided to the known and new species of subgenus Choroterpes of India along with the distribution map of new species.
三种新的Leptophlebiidae 物种,即 Choroterpes(Choroterpes)andamanensis Vasanth、Subramanian Selvakumar n. sp.、Edmundsula meghamalaiensis Vasanth、Subramanian Selvakumar n. sp. 和 Megaglena agasthiya Vasanth、Subramanian Selvakumar n. sp.,是根据我们最近对安达曼岛溪流、泰米尔纳德邦和喀拉拉邦的蜉蝣的探索而描述的。南部西高止山脉的一部分。属 Megaglena Peters Edmunds,1970 年在印度南部半岛的分布范围扩大,代表了新种 M. agasthiya n. sp. 的出现。提供了印度亚属 Choroterpes 的已知和新种的幼虫关键特征,并附有新种的分布图。