Indoganodes jobini Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, n. sp.
Description
Indoganodes jobini Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, n. sp.
Figs. 21–39.
Materials examined. Holotype: Male larva, India, Kerala, Silent Valley, Poochipara, 11°06’49.5” N, 76°25’52.4” E, 935 m, 18.IV.2013, Coll. Jobin C. Tharian [ZSI-I/E 10]. Paratypes: Two larvae, same data as holotype [UM].
Description. Larva.
Body 10–12 mm long. Cerci 12–14 mm long. General colouration very variable, ranging from grey to brown.
Head: Dorsal part of male eyes blackish. Antennae length 2 times head width, pedicel dark brown. Mandibles with 2 or 3 pointed incisors with molar region consisting of 5 or 6 ridges; outer margin with minute hairs at base; right mandible with two rows of 6–8 long and thin setae below mola.
Thorax: Pro- and mesothorax brownish; sternum yellowish. Fore, mid and hind legs yellowish.
Abdomen: Terga brownish; anterior paler, posterior darker. Cerci brownish with stout setae shorter than length of corresponding segment.
Etymology. This species is named in honour of Jobin C. Tharian for having magnanimously donated the specimens from his collection for the present study.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Teloganodidae
- Genus
- Indoganodes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Ephemeroptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus
- Species
- jobini
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Indoganodes jobini Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, 2014