Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Takobia Novikova & Kluge, 1987 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) in Central Asia

By

Sroka, Pavel
Yanai, Zohar
Palatov, Dmitry
Gattolliat, Jean-Luc

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1071

Pages

127--154

Subjects

Alainites , Mayflies , new species , Nigrobaetis , redescription , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1071.71582

 

Abstract

Based on the original type material, the nymphal stage of the mayflyTakobia maxillareis redescribed; in parallel, a lectotype is designated.Takobia maxillareis the type species of the genusTakobia, and an accurate and complete knowledge of its morphology is crucial to the delimitation of this problematic genus and clarification of its phylogenetic affinities. Ambiguous characters, previously reported for this species in the literature are clarified. Furthermore, two new species in the same genus are described, namelyTakobia sinusopalpatasp. nov.andTakobia shughnonicasp. nov.based on the morphology of nymphs from Central Asia, supplemented withCOIsequences. Implications for the systematics ofTakobiaand related taxa are discussed and the need for an extensive phylogenetic study of this group is stressed.