<b>Inventory of teloganodid mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae) from southern India with records of endemic taxa</b>

Abstract

The present study deals with diagnostic characters, diversity, distribution and status of seven species belonging to four genera of Teloganodidae from southern India. Six of them are endemic to the Western Ghats as is the genus Indoganodes Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan &amp; Jacobus, 2014 and one is endemic to the Eastern Ghats. Due to this high percentage of endemism, conservation of habitats and microhabitats harbouring this ancient gondwanan lineage gains priority. A larval key to the known genera and species of Teloganodidae of southern India is also provided. The present pattern of distribution of the family Teloganodidae is confined to southern Africa, Madagascar, southern India and Southeast Asia.

Contribution to the knowledge of Teloganodidae (Ephemeroptera, Ephemerelloidea) of India

“…This article is the next contribution in a series of papers on the superfamily of the region. Ephemerelloidea has been actively studied during the last years, and, as a result, series of new species mainly of the family Ephemerellidae have been described from this territory ( Selvakumar et al 2014 , 2018a , 2018b ; Anbalagan et al 2015 ; Martynov et al 2019 , 2021a , 2021b ; Sivaruban et al 2021 ; Srinivasan et al 2021 ). Teloganodidae are less diverse than Ephemerellidae and more poorly studied in Indian subcontinent.…”

“… Teloganodes consists of eight species distributed in the Indian subcontinent ( Sartori et al 2008 ; Selvakumar et al 2014 ). Three of these species are known from India: T. kodai Sartori, 2008 and T. dentatus Navás, 1931 are endemic to the Western Ghats; T. sartorii Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, 2014 is endemic to the Eastern Ghats ( Selvakumar et al 2018a ). The genus Dudgeodes currently contains 16 species, and three of them are known from India: D. bharathidasani Anbalagan, 2015, D. palnius Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, 2014, and D. sartorii Srinivasan, Sivaruban, Barathy & Isack, 2021 – all endemic to the Western Ghats ( Sartori et al 2008 ; Selvakumar et al 2014 , 2018a ; Anbalagan et al 2015 ; Martynov et al 2016 ; Garces et al 2020 ; Srinivasan et al 2021 ).…”

Figure 8 from: Martynov AV, Sivaruban T, Palatov DM, Srinivasan P, Barathy S, Isack R, Sartori M (2022) Contribution to the knowledge of Teloganodidae (Ephemeroptera, Ephemerelloidea) of India. ZooKeys 1113: 167-197. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1113.85448

“…This article is the next contribution in a series of papers on the superfamily of the region. Ephemerelloidea has been actively studied during the last years, and, as a result, series of new species mainly of the family Ephemerellidae have been described from this territory (Selvakumar et al 2014(Selvakumar et al , 2018a(Selvakumar et al , 2018bAnbalagan et al 2015;Martynov et al 2019Martynov et al , 2021aMartynov et al , 2021bSivaruban et al 2021;Srinivasan et al 2021). Teloganodidae are less diverse than Ephemerellidae and more poorly studied in Indian subcontinent.…”

Figure 16 from: Martynov AV, Sivaruban T, Palatov DM, Srinivasan P, Barathy S, Isack R, Sartori M (2022) Contribution to the knowledge of Teloganodidae (Ephemeroptera, Ephemerelloidea) of India. ZooKeys 1113: 167-197. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1113.85448

“…This article is the next contribution in a series of papers on the superfamily of the region. Ephemerelloidea has been actively studied during the last years, and, as a result, series of new species mainly of the family Ephemerellidae have been described from this territory (Selvakumar et al 2014(Selvakumar et al , 2018a(Selvakumar et al , 2018bAnbalagan et al 2015;Martynov et al 2019Martynov et al , 2021aMartynov et al , 2021bSivaruban et al 2021;Srinivasan et al 2021). Teloganodidae are less diverse than Ephemerellidae and more poorly studied in Indian subcontinent.…”