Baetis sylvicola A.-E. Pictet, 1865

Sartori, Michel & Bauernfeind, Ernst, 2020, Mayfly types and additional material (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) examined by F. - J. Pictet and A. - E. Pictet, housed in the Museums of Natural History of Geneva and Vienna, Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2), pp. 315-339 : 330-331

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35929/RSZ.0022
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FE1887BE-3927-FFCD-EF87-F8761379FBD7
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scientific name	Baetis sylvicola A.-E. Pictet, 1865
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Baetis sylvicola A.-E. Pictet, 1865: 24, pl. 3, figs 7-12. Heptagenia sylvicola . – Eaton, 1871: 147 (transfer).

Epeorus sylvicola View in CoL . – Eaton, 1887: 6 (transfer).

Accepted name: Epeorus sylvicola (A.-E. Pictet, 1865).

Locus typicus: “… à San Ildefonso…”.

Type material: MHNG; ♂ lectotype [Puthz design.]; Baetis sylvicola Edouard Pictet / 4 males / Granjas Juillet 1859 / 4 / 620 Granjas 48 Espagne coll. Pictet / Epeorus sylvicola (Pictet) (= Baetis sylvicola Pictet ) male / LECTOTYPUS Puthz 1971 Genitalia im mikrosk. Präp.

Remarks: Besides the lectotype and according to Puthz (1973c), two other specimens have been transferred to ethanol. Two damaged paralectotypes are still pinned, but only the thorax of one specimen and the thorax and hind legs of the other are still present. One specimen has a label saying “Hind wing of Epeorus sylvicola Ed Pictet, Eaton exam[inavit]. “ and the other the following: “ Epeorus sylvicola (A.-E. Pictet) Syntypes because of fragmental character not designated as paralectotypes PUTHZ, 1971”.

Since Puthz (1973c), it has been admitted that the central European species known as Epeorus assimilis Eaton, 1885 is a junior subjective synonym of E. sylvicola . However, more recent investigations by Thomas et al. (2000) indicate that E. assimilis is a closely related but distinct taxon. Hence, E. sylvicola seems restricted to the Iberian Peninsula and also to North Africa.