MORPHOLOGICAL AND ELECTROPHORETIC EVIDENCE FOR A NEW SPECIES OF ELECTROGENA FROM CENTRAL ITALY - DESCRIPTION OF E-LUNARIS SP-N (EPHEMEROPTERA, HEPTAGENIIDAE)

Authors
BELFIORE C SCILLITANI G PICARIELLO O CATAUDO A
Citation
C. Belfiore et al., MORPHOLOGICAL AND ELECTROPHORETIC EVIDENCE FOR A NEW SPECIES OF ELECTROGENA FROM CENTRAL ITALY - DESCRIPTION OF E-LUNARIS SP-N (EPHEMEROPTERA, HEPTAGENIIDAE), Aquatic insects, 19(3), 1997, pp. 129-140
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Aquatic insects → ACNP
ISSN journal
01650424
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
129 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-0424(1997)19:3<129:MAEEFA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A population of Electrogena from central Apennine (Italy), previously attributed to E. lateralis (Curtis) proved to be a new species after e lectrophoretic analysis. Imagines of the new species, named E. lunaris sp. n. differ from E. lateralis only by body and wing colouration. La rvae can be identified by numerical methods. Electrophoresis indicated three loci (Aldh, Gdh, Mpi) that are diagnostic between the syntopic populations of E. lunaris and E. lateralis, and the allele frequencies of three other loci (Est-2, Mdh-1, Pgm) were statistically different between the two species.