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A NEW GENUS OF TRICORYTHIDAE (EPHEMEROPTERA) FROM EAST AFRICA
Author(s) -
Gillies M. T.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal entomological society of london. series b, taxonomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0375-0434
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1960.tb01135.x
Subject(s) - citation , genus , library science , malaria , genealogy , biology , history , zoology , computer science , immunology
AMoNG the interesting mayflies collected by Professor Lewis Berner in the course of a visit to Nyasaland was one, a nymph, which was described by Kimmins (1955) and assigned by him to the Ephemerellidae (genus uncertain). Similar nymphs are common in many types of streams in Tanganyika. But despite the striking resemblance they bear to the Ephemerellidae, the adults that emerge from them prove to belong to an aberrant Tricorythid genus, which appears to be a widespread and characteristic member of the Ethiopian fauna. In the account of the genus given here, three species are described, based mainly on the examination of fresh specimens. The types of all of them have been presented to the British Museum (Natural History).