Afronurus cervina Braasch & Soldan , 1984

Boonsoong, Boonsatien & Braasch, Dietrich, 2013, Heptageniidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) of Thailand, ZooKeys 272, pp. 61-93 : 81

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scientific name

Afronurus cervina Braasch & Soldan , 1984
status

 

Afronurus cervina Braasch & Soldan, 1984

Cinygmina cervina Braasch & Soldán, 1984: 196-197, 199, Figs 17-31. (orig.)

Afronurus cervina Braasch & Soldán, 1984 (comb.)

Larva.

Braasch and Soldán 1984a: 196-197, 199, Figs 17-31, Vietnam; no record in Thailand.

Adult.

Braasch and Soldán 1984a: Vietnam; 196-197, 199, M, Figs 14-16; Braasch 1990: 8, Fs & Ms, Thailand.

Eggs.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Ban Nam Tok (Chiang Rai province).

Diagnosis.

Braasch (1990) reported this species based on male, female and subimago male and female specimens, and the head of a presumed larva of Afronurus cervina without markings; gill 1 somewhat upturned, narrowly banana-shaped (Figs 17-18, Braasch and Soldán 1984).

Habitat and biology.

This species is found to be an inhabitant of fast flowing rivers in Vietnam.

Remarks.

The larva and adults of Afronurus cervina were described by Braasch and Soldán (1984a). Only adults of Afronurus cervina found in Thailand. But, the larva of this species is not found in Thai streams.