Two new species of Centroptilum Eaton, 1869 from North Africa (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

By

Kaltenbach, Thomas
Vuataz, Laurent
Samraoui, Boudjéma
El Yaagoubi, Sara
Majida, El Alami
Gattolliat, Jean-Luc

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1131

Pages

71--97

Subjects

Algeria , Biogeography , COI , Mayflies , Morocco , Palearctic , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1131.91017

 

Abstract

Based on recently collected larvae from Algeria and Morocco, the species delimitation within the genusCentroptilumEaton, 1869 in that region is validated. Two new species are described and illustrated, one from north-eastern Algeria, and one from North Morocco, using an integrated approach with morphological and molecular evidence. A table summarising the morphological differences between the new species andCentroptilum luteolum(Müller, 1776) from Central Europe is provided. Further, molecular evidence for additional undescribed species ofCentroptilumin other regions of the West Palearctic is provided and discussed.