A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF LEPTOPHLEBIID MAYFLY (EPHEMEROPTERA, LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE, ATALOPHLEBIINAE) FROM TROPICAL AUSTRALIA

Authors
CAMPBELL IC
Citation
Ic. Campbell, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF LEPTOPHLEBIID MAYFLY (EPHEMEROPTERA, LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE, ATALOPHLEBIINAE) FROM TROPICAL AUSTRALIA, Aquatic insects, 15(3), 1993, pp. 159-167
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Aquatic insects → ACNP
ISSN journal
01650424
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
159 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0424(1993)15:3<159:ANGASO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A new monotypic genus, Kalbaybaria gen. n. (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebi idae: Atalophlebiinae), and species, Kalbaybaria doantrangae sp. n., a re described from tropical streams in northern Queensland, Australia. The genus is unusual among the Atalophlebiinae in that the nymphs poss ess large mandibular jaws, a feature previously known only from the su bfamily Leptophlebiinae.