Unravelling the diversity of the genus Afronurus Lestage, 1924 (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in Thailand

By

Wongyam, Anuntaya
Sartori, Michel
Boonsoong, Boonsatien

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1176

Pages

55--78

Subjects

COI , mayfly , systematics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1176.105159

 

Abstract

The genus Afronurus in Thailand is investigated using an integrative approach (morphology based, ootaxonomy and molecular data) for species delimitation. A total of four species of Afronurus was identified; A. cervina (Braasch & Soldán, 1984), A. gilliesiana (Braasch, 1990), A. rainulfiana (Braasch, 1990), and A. rubromaculata (You et al., 1981). The subimago of A. gilliesiana is described for the first time based on reared specimens. The egg structure of all four species is also described for the first time. Morphological and molecular data strongly support their species delimitation. The egg chorionic structure of the genus Afronurus, together with other morphological characters, is useful for species identification. A key to mature nymphs of the known species is provided.