Epeorus lahaulensis Kapur & Kripalani, 1963

Vasanth, M., Selvakumar, C., Subramanian, K. A., Sivaramakrishnan, K. G. & Sinha, Bikramjit, 2021, Contribution to the study of Epeorus Eaton, 1881 (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) from India, Zootaxa 4991 (3), pp. 499-522 : 516

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.3.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5042562

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scientific name

Epeorus lahaulensis Kapur & Kripalani, 1963
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Epeorus lahaulensis Kapur & Kripalani, 1963 View in CoL

Diagnosis: The species Epeorus lahaulensis can be identified by the following combination of characters: in subimago (i) abdominal tergites brownish, each tergum darker posteriorly, sterna much paler; (ii) gonostyli 3 segmented, first segment longest, second segment slightly longer than third; (iii) margin of genital base convex; and (iv) penis long, broad apically and slightly divergent laterally, spines present ventrally just below the apex.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality, Sissu, Lahaul Valley, Himachal Pradesh.

Remarks: The subimago of this species was described from Himachal Pradesh by Kapur & Kripalani (1963). Adult and larval stages are unknown. Therefore, any subgeneric attribution is not possible.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Ephemeroptera

Family

Heptageniidae

Genus

Epeorus

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