An unexpected new species of Habrophlebia from Algeria (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae)

By

Kechemir, Lina
Sartori, Michel
Lounaci, Abdelkader

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

953

Pages

31--47

Subjects

Djurdjura , Ecology , Habrophlebia djurdjurensis sp. nov , Kabylia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.953.51244

 

Abstract

We describe a new species of Habrophlebia, H. djurdjurensissp. nov., based on nymphal, imaginal, and egg stages obtained by sampling from the Great Kabylia watershed, north-central Algeria. The new species was previously identified as H. cf. fusca by Lounaci et al. 2000. Habrophlebia djurdjurensis is in fact more related to H. vaillantorum Thomas, 1996 but can be separated by characters on the nymphs and male imago. This is the fourth species of Habrophlebia reported from North Africa.