Tricorythopsis similis De Oliveira & Do Nascimento & Couceiro 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: De Oliveira, Laura A.
name: Do Nascimento, Jeane M. C.
name: Couceiro, Sheyla R. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
Leptohyphidae
Tricorythopsis
Tricorythopsis similis

description: Tricorythopsis similis sp. nov.
(Figs 2–5)
Diagnosis. Nymph: 1) maxillary palp 1-segmented (Fig. 4E); 2) segment II of labial palpi shorter than segment I and longer than segment III (Fig. 4F); 3) femora and tibiae with margins covered by long and pectinate setae (Figs 5A–D); 4) tarsal claws with 4 to 5 marginal denticles and 4+2 very small, submarginal denticles (Fig. 5E); 5) abdominal terga III–VII with acute, serrated tubercles medially located on posterior margins (Figs 2A–C, 3C); 6) transversal line of operculate gill absent (Fig. 3D).
Mature nymph. Length: body, 2.3 mm; antenna, 0.7 mm; mesonotum, 0.8 mm; caudal filaments broken. Body robust, base of the abdomen wider than the apex (Fig. 2A). General coloration yellowish brown, with blackish and purplish marks irregularly distributed. Head. Yellowish brown, with few, blackish marks irregularly distributed. Tubercles absent. Eyes and ocelli blackish (Figs 2A–B; 3A). Antennae: scape and pedicel whitish yellow, flagellomeres grayish translucent on basal half and whitish translucent on distal half. Mouthparts yellowish translucent (Figs 3B; 4A–G). Labrum broad, with shallow anteromedial emargination; with pores distributed on basal 1/4 (Fig. 4A). Hypopharynx as in Figure 4B. Mandible: basal half with purplish marks irregularly distributed; incisors and molars dark brown (Figs 4C–D); basal 3/5 with spaced pores. Maxilla with pectinate setae at the apex; palp 1-segmented, approximately 2.5 times longer than wide, with a terminal seta (Fig. 4E). Labium with spaced pores; glossa not fused, with filiform setae; paraglossa with filiform setae; segment II of labial palp shorter than segment I and longer than segment III (Fig. 4F); lateral margin of submentum with short, filiform setae (Fig. 4F). Thorax. Yellowish brown, with blackish marks irregularly distributed and with purplish marks near medial line (Figs 2A–B; 3A). Pronotum without tubercles; anterolateral corner projected and rounded (Fig. 3A). Mesonotum with a pair of small anterolateral tubercles; with a pair of slightly developed submedial humps near apex of forewing pads (Fig. 3A). Developing wings with dark gray veins; internal margin blackish basally. Legs. General coloration yellowish white, with purplish and grayish marks; dorsal surface of femora with circular, whitish marks irregularly distributed (Figs 5A–D). Coxae projections absent. Femora almost 1.5 times longer than wide. Femora and tibiae with margins covered by long and pectinate setae. Fore femur with a transversal row of long, pectinate setae on submedial region of the dorsal surface. Tarsal claws (Fig. 5E) almost entirely yellowish white, except by apical region yellowish brown; with 4 to 5 marginal denticles and 4+2 very small, submarginal denticles; with apical seta. Abdomen. Terga yellowish brown, with blackish marks; segments VII–IX with a paired sublateral, transversal, blackish strip (Figs 2A–C; 3C). Sterna whitish yellow. Segments III–IX with lateral margins expanded; segments VI–IX with posterolateral projections bordered with thin setae (projection less developed on segment VI) (Figs 2C; 3C). Terga III–VII with acute, serrated tubercles medially located on posterior margins; tubercle slightly shorter on tergum III (Figs 2A–C; 3C). Gills. Operculate gills yellowish brown, with purplish or grayish marks; oval, almost 1.4 times longer than wide; reaching the segment VII (Figs 2A–C; 3C–D). Ventral lamellae without fringed lobes, without ridges. Transversal line of operculate gill absent. Caudal filaments yellowish brown, with short setae at segment joints.
Adults. Unknown
Etymology. The specific epithet is a Latin word meaning alike. It is in reference to the general similarity of this species and T. rondoniensis.
Habitat. Nymphs of Tricorythopsis similis sp. nov. were collected in two slow-flowing rivers (with width varying to 6–12 m) and associated to marginal vegetation in sections exposed to sunlight (Figs 1D–E).
Material examined. HOLOTYPE. Mature nymph, Brazil, Pará state, Santarém, Ponte do Juá stream, 02°26’41”S; 54°47’21”W; 06.xii.2019, Santos SE col. (INPA-EPH 028). PARATYPE. Nymph (parts on slide), Brazil, Pará, Mojuí dos Campos, Mojuí dos Caboclos stream, 02°42’03”S; 54°41’01”W, 05.vii.2020, Oliveira LA col. (INPA-EPH 029).
description: Published as part of De Oliveira, Laura A., Do Nascimento, Jeane M. C. & Couceiro, Sheyla R. M., 2021, A new species of Tricorythopsis Traver, 1958 (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae) from Pará state, Brazil, pp. 131-141 in Zootaxa 5023 (1) on pages 132-135, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5023.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/5225581