A revision of the generic classification of the Ethiopian Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera)*

Peters, William L.; Edmunds, George F.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1964.tb01082.x

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“…Leptophlebia Westwood and Paraleptophlebia Lestage were recovered in clade C (Figs ). Paraleptophlebia was recovered as paraphyletic, as previously found by O'Donnell & Jockusch () in their molecular phylogeny analysis and proposed by Peters & Edmunds () based on morphological data. This clade represents Leptophlebiinae, although Habrophlebiodes Ulmer, Dipterophlebiodes Demoulin and Gilliesia Peters & Edmunds were not included in the analysis.…”

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Phylogeny and classification of Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) with an emphasis on Neotropical fauna

Monjardim

Paresque

Salles

2020

Systematic Entomology

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Mayflies from the family Leptophlebiidae are cosmopolitan and highly diverse morphologically; they are also the largest family in numbers of genera and the second in number of species in the order Ephemeroptera. In spite of their broad diversity and the efforts employed to understand the evolution of this group, the internal classification of Leptophlebiidae remains controversial at all levels. More recently, important changes have been incorporated into the systematics of the family, increasing the number of subfamilies (from two to six) and recognizing several tribes. We present a phylogeny of the family based on 153 taxa (53 genera) and two molecular markers, representing 1655 bp, and verify the taxonomic status of the subfamilies, tribes and complexes. Based on these results, the number of subfamilies has been increased from six to eight and one new tribes and two new subtribes have been added. In addition, new ranks are proposed and the concept of Atalophlebiinae revised, including genera with distributions in the Australasian and Neotropical regions.

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Phylogeny and classification of Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) with an emphasis on Neotropical fauna

Monjardim

Paresque

Salles

2020

Systematic Entomology

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“…While the situation is by no means simple (see Polhemus & Allen, 2007a), the stream fauna appear to have colonised over the sea from the west, and not over land from the south, with the CH constituting an important geographic barrier to the northward movement of Australian faunal elements (Gressitt, 1982). New Guinea leptophlebiid mayflies (three genera and 15 species recorded herein) also have strong Oriental affinities and are derived from the eastern hemisphere genus Thraulus (Grant & Peters, 1993), whereas genera in Australia are more closely related to Neotropical Leptophlebiidae (Peters & Edmunds, 1970, 1990. Biogeographic generalisations are further complicated by the fact that 80 of the 90 or more species in the elmid genus Austroliminus occur in Australia (including Tasmania) and New Guinea, whereas the rest are confined to the Neotropics (Brown, 1987; see also Boukal, 1997).…”

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“…Identification to species is not possible for the most macroinvertebrates in New Guinea streams, so animals were usually identified to family and ⁄ or genus using keys in Dudgeon (1999), and subsequently assigned to morphospecies and counted. Specific identification of a few Trichoptera by the association between metamorphotypes and larvae was possible using Neboiss (1986), or by consulting the limited taxonomic literature for some Ephemeroptera (Peters & Edmunds, 1970;Grant & Peters, 1993;Lugo-Ortiz, McCafferty & Waltz, 1999), Coleoptera (e.g. Satô , 1973) and naucorid bugs (e.g.…”

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Responses of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to altitude and geology in tributaries of the Sepik River (Papua New Guinea): the influence of taxonomic resolution on the detection of environmental gradients

Dudgeon

2012

Freshwater Biology

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Summary 1. Benthic macroinvertebrate communities were sampled in 30 tributary streams at altitudes from sea level to about 3000 m draining three geologically distinct regions within the catchment of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. The fauna of this near‐pristine river has been little studied, and the impacts of ongoing and anticipated human impacts on the Sepik are uncertain. 2. Data on community composition were analysed at different levels of taxonomic resolution (species or morphospecies versus family) to compare their responses to environmental variables such as altitude and geology (reflected in water chemistry), and to indicate their potential utility for the detection of environmental change. 3. A total of 183 000 macroinvertebrates representing 250 species were collected, predominantly insects (232 species and >99% of individuals). The fauna was co‐dominated by Diptera (42% of individuals; 32 morphospecies, mainly Orthocladiinae, Simuliidae and Chironominae) and Ephemeroptera (36%; 48 species), although the Trichoptera showed the highest species (67) and family (13) richness, with Coleoptera ranked third (43 species). Naucoridae (Heteroptera) and Crambidae: Acentropinae (Lepidoptera), each represented by 13 species, were distinctive faunal elements. Mayflies were represented by only four families, one consisting of a single species. 4. Multivariate analysis of the species‐level data set revealed that community composition was influenced by geological region, but the effect was largely due to altitude as most streams in one region (the Central Highlands) were at higher elevations (>800 m) than streams in the other two regions (<500 m). However, altitude had no direct effect on species richness. A secondary influence of current speed and a subsidiary effect of water chemistry (pH and N‐NO3) on community composition were also detected. Naucorid bugs showed evidence of altitudinal zonation and some species replacement, plus a tendency for certain genera to be associated with highland or lowland streams. 5. Analysis of the family‐level data set failed to uncover strong effects of any environmental variable, either individually or in combination, although some sensitivity to altitude plus slope was detected. 6. These findings suggest that attempts to use macroinvertebrates to detect environmental change in New Guinea streams will require species‐level monitoring of community composition.

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“…arabica for instance, nor in any other related species where the denticles are regularly arranged and increase in size. Only some Oriental species of the subgenera Euthraulus and Cryptopenella, as well as some species of the genus Choroterpides present this character (PETERS & EDMUNDS 1964, KANG & YANG 1994, ZHOU 2006. From a geographic point of view, both populations occur at a distance of ca.…”

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First contribution to the mayflies of Jordan

Gattolliat

Vuataz

Sartori

2012

Zoology in the Middle East

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A revision of the generic classification of the Ethiopian Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera)*

Cited by 37 publications

References 8 publications

Phylogeny and classification of Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) with an emphasis on Neotropical fauna

Phylogeny and classification of Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) with an emphasis on Neotropical fauna

Responses of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to altitude and geology in tributaries of the Sepik River (Papua New Guinea): the influence of taxonomic resolution on the detection of environmental gradients

First contribution to the mayflies of Jordan

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