Published July 1, 2025 | Version v1
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Aikahika Sroka, Agnihotri & Singh, 2025, gen. nov.

  • 1. Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
  • 2. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, 226 007 Lucknow, India

Description

Genus Aikahika gen. nov.

Zoobank registration: htp://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank. org:act: 46B6406F-77B7-444C-A486-1EA26AA8D2AC

Type species: Aikahika veta gen. et sp. nov.

Diagnosis: As for the type species.

Etymology: Aikāhika is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘lasting for only a day’, referring to the short adult lifespan of mayflies.

Notes

Published as part of Sroka, Pavel, Agnihotri, Priya & Singh, Hukam, 2025, Te first record of mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Cambay amber suggests a Gondwanan mayfly fauna in Early Eocene India in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204 (3), DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf065

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Sroka & Agnihotri & Singh
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Ephemeroptera
Family
Leptophlebiidae
Genus
Aikahika
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Aikahika Sroka, Agnihotri & Singh, 2025