Miroculis yulieae Raimundi & Cabette & Brasil & Salles 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Raimundi, Erikcsen A.
name: Cabette, Helena R. S.
name: Brasil, Leandro S.
name: Salles, Frederico F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
Leptophlebiidae
Miroculis
Miroculis yulieae

description: Miroculis yulieae sp. nov. Raimundi & Salles
Type material: HOLOTYPE: ♂— BRAZIL: Mato Grosso: Nova Xavantina, 14°43'18.5''S, 52°21'37.8''W, 327m, 03.x.2012, Salles. F.F., Reared (CZNC: Ep-6745). PARATYPE: 1 ♀, same data as holotype (INPA: Ep-6746), Salles. F.F.; 5 ♂, same data as holotype, Salles. F.F., reared (four CZNC: Ep-6748, one INPA: Ep-6751); 4 n#, same data as holotype, except 03.x.2012, Salles. F.F., (three CZNC: Ep-6747, Ep-6749; one INPA: Ep-6750); 3 ♂, Mato Grosso: Nova Xavantina, 14°45'40''S, 52°33'11''W, 410m, 10.iv.2016, Salles. F.F. (CZNC: Ep-6752).
Diagnosis. Miroculis yulieae sp. nov. can be differentiated from the other species of Miroculis by the following combination of characteristics: Male imago: 1) stalk of compound eye of intermediary length (1.4 x longer than wide) and with a distomedial projection; 2) fore wing with hyaline membrane and two orangish brown transversal bands, width about 0.5 x its length; 3) forceps washed with dark grey on apical third of segment I and light gray on segments II and III; 4) penis 1.2 x longer than segment I of forceps. Female imago: 1) fore wing with three brownish transversal bands; 2) hind wing 0.3 x length of fore wing; 3) sternum IX with deep median cleft. Mature nymph: 1) antenna translucent brown; 2) labial palp with segment II as long as segment I; 3) maxillary palp with segment II length 0.6 x segment I length; 4) abdominal spines on segments V-IX more developed than I-IV; 5) gills with lateral lobes well developed, orange-brown with branched trachea.
Description.
Male imago—Holotype (Figure 1)
MEASURES (mm). Body: 6.0. Fore wing: 4.7; Angularity of CuA portion: 92°; hind wing: 1.5. Fore leg: 5.1; mid leg: 2.5; hind leg: 2.8. Caudal filament: 10.0.
RATIOS. Wings: fore wing width 0.5 x fore wing length; fore wing length 0.3 x hind wing length; hind wing width 0.6 x hind wing length; fork on MA2 of fore wing 0.5 x total length of MA. Legs: segments of fore leg: 0.65: 1.00 (1.74 mm): 0.05: 0.40: 0.30: 0.18: 0.07; mid leg: 1.02: 1.00 (0.92 mm): 0.08: 0.08: 0.04: 0.04: 0.13; hind leg: 0.98: 1.00 (1.06 mm) 0.10: 0.06: 0.06: 0.03: 0.08. Genitalia: medial length of styliger plate 0.82 x maximum width of styliger plate; lateral length of styliger plate 0.74 x medial length of styliger plate; lateral length of styliger plate 0.61 x lateral length of segment IX. Forceps segment III length 0.67 x forceps segment II length; forceps segment III length 0.24 x forceps segment I length; forceps segment II length 0.35 x forceps segment I length; penis length 1.24 x forceps segment I length.
COLORATION AND MORPHOLOGY. Body: dark orange brown. Head. Orange washed, with dark brown, posterior margin V-shaped. Compound eye with stalk dark orange washed with brown, darker toward apex; facets of upper portion orange, separated by black grooves; upper portion on a stalk of intermediary length (1.4 x longer than wide), separated from each other by a distance of about 2 x maximal width of an upper portion; distomedial projection on present; dorsal surface circular, with seven facets on the longest row. Lower portion of compound eye rounded. Ocelli white, dark grey along inner margin and orange along outer one. Antenna pale with scape and pedicel washed with brown. Thorax: pronotum grayish brown with a sublateral darker band. Meso- and metanotum grayish brown; anteronotal protuberance with a white mark basally; medioscutum strongly washed with black. Pleura and sterna gray. Wings (Figure 5-6): fore wing with hyaline membrane and two orangish brown transversal bands, cross and longitudinal veins surrounded with brown; five cross veins basal to bulla; 13 cross veins between C and Sc; MP and IMP free basally; MP2 connected to base of MP1 by cross vein; CuA connected to CuP by cross vein subbasally; two anal veins. Hind wing with hyaline membrane; brown around cross and longitudinal veins, and at apical fourth; apex rounded; fork of R+MA asymmetric; MP free basally; CuP present; A absent. Legs: Fore leg gray; femur with medial and subapical dark gray band; tibia dark gray subapically. Mid and hind leg resembling fore leg; lighter in general, dark gray marks reduced on femora and tibia washed with gray subapically; fore tarsal claw different, one hook-like spine and other rounded. Abdomen (Figure 1): terga gray; tergum I completely washed with dark gray; terga II-VIII with a transversal dark brown band on posteromedian portion, and “L-like” brown mark on posterolateral portion; terga IX-X grayish. Sterna translucent, slightly washed with gray. Genitalia (Figure 7): styliger plate translucent washed with brown. Forceps washed with dark grey on apical third of segment I and light gray on segments II and III; posteromedial margin slightly straight. Forceps segment I with half-basal portion larger narrowing gradually toward apex; inner and outer margins undulated; segment forceps I with projection without distomedial portion. Penis orangish brown; broad basally, narrowing toward apex; apex globose; a row of spines on inner margin present. Caudal filament: gray.
VARIATIONS: Measures (mm). Body: 5.3. Fore wing: 4.9; hind wing: 1.12. Fore leg: 6.6; mid leg: 0.9 (tarsal claw broken off and missing); hind leg: 2.8.
RATIO: Wings: fore wing length 0.2 hind wing length. Legs: segments of fore leg: 0.52: 1.00 (1.84 mm): 0.05: 0.31: 0.22: 0.26: 0.11; mid leg: 1.00: 1.00 (0.40 mm): 0.02: 0.01: 0.01: -: -. Genitalia: penis length 1.72x forceps segment I.
COLORATION AND MORPHOLOGY: Body: pale to dark orange brown. Head: Compound eye with facets of upper portion orange, separated by dark brown grooves; distance of compound eyes about 1.5 x maximal width of an upper portion; dorsal surface circular with eight facets on the longest row. Wings: fore wing with four cross veins basal to bulla; 11 cross veins between C and Sc.
Female imago—allotype (Figures 2–3).
LENGTHS (mm). Body: 4.89. Fore wing: 4.58; hind wing: 1.37. Fore leg: 5.06; mid leg: 2.43; hind leg: 2.99. Caudal filament broken off and missing.
RATIOS. Wings: Fore wings width 0.51xFore wings width; hind wing width 0.26xfore wings width; hind wing length 0.51xhind wing width; fork of MA2 of fore wing 0.45x total length of MA. Legs: segments of fore leg 0.93: 1.00 (0.81 mm): 0.09: 0.10: 0.10: 0.10: 0.15; segments of mid leg: 1.09: 1.00 (0.86 mm) 0.10: 0.06: 0.05: 0.05: 0.12; segments of hind leg: 0.97: 1.00 (1.15 mm) 0.07: 0.05: 0.06: 0.03: 0.11. Abdomen: sternum IX with length of median cleft 0.18x lateral length.
COLORATION AND MORPHOLOGY. Body: brown washed with gray. Head: orangish brown washed with gray, darker on anterior and posterior margins; longitudinal brownish band between lateral ocelli; ventral surface with dark gray marks; lower portion of compound eye rounded. Antenna brownish gray. Thorax: cervix whitish. Pronotum washed with gray. Mesonotum with anterior pale spot on postero-scutal protuberance. Wings: fore wing with membrane hyaline; cross and longitudinal veins surrounded with brown; membrane with three brown transversal bands: one subbasal, one medial and another subapical; fore wing with four cross veins basal to bulla; cross vein connecting MP and CuA basal to fusion MP1 and MP2 absent; one anal vein. Legs: as in male imago, darker. Abdomen: terga translucent washed with gray; tergum X darker; terga II-VII with a posterosubmedian brown mark; terga I-VII with postero-sublateral brown mark. Sterna pale, washed with gray and darker than segments VII-X. Sternum IX with posterior margin V-shaped (Figure 8).
Mature nymph (Figure 4)
LENGTHS (mm). Body: 4.4. Fore leg: 3.3; mid leg: 3.2; hind leg: 3.4. Caudal filament: 5.4.
RATIOS. Mouthparts: mandibles with width 0.8 x length; labial palp with width of segment I 0.8 x its length; segment III length 0.5 x segment II length; segment III length 0.5 x segment I length; segment II length 1.0 x segment I length; paraglossae length 1.7 x width; maxillary palp with segment III length 0.4 x segment II length; segment II length 0.3 x segment I length; segment II length 0.6 x segment I length. Legs: fore femur width 0.5 x its length; mid femur 0.4x its length; hind femur 0.4 x its length. Abdomen: dorsal gill IV with length of medial filament 1.0 x length of body of gill.
COLORATION AND MORPHOLOGY. Body: brown washed with light orange. Head: brownish; pale between upper and lower portion of compound eye, around lateral ocellus and anterior tomedial ocellus; antenna transluscent brown; compound eye orangish brown; ocelli orangish brown; labrum brown with a medial light brown longitudinal band (Figure 9); hypopharynx hyaline; superlingua with a grayish band on outer margin. clypeus concave anteriorly; anterolateral margin of labrum slightly angular; maxilla with 32 pectinate setae along subapical margin. Thorax: pale, completely washed with light brown and with dark brown spots on lateral and medial portions of pronotum and along sublateral margin of mesonotum. Legs (Figures 10, 11, 12): pale. Coxa washed with dark brown; femora with a dark brown mark on medial and subapical portions; tibiae with two brown marks, one lighter subbasally and one darker subapically; tarsus with median brown mark. Tarsal claw with subapical denticle slightly larger than remaining. Abdomen: light yellow completely washed with light brown. Terga I-VIII and X with dark brown marks. Postero-lateral spines presents on segments III-IX, more developed on segments V-IX. Gills with membrane orangish brown and trachea dark brown; branched trachea; inner margin of lateral lobe 3x larger than outer (Figure 13).
VARIATION: Lengths (mm). Body: 3.9. Fore leg: 2.6; mid leg: broken off and missing; hind leg: 2.6. Caudal filament: broken off and missing.
Ratios. Mouthparts: mandible with width 0.8 x length; labium width of segment I 0.5 x length; labial palp with segment III 0.5 x segment II; segment II 0.2 x segment I; maxillary palp with segment III 0.5 x segment II; segment II 0.3 x segment I; segment II 0.6 x segment I. Legs: fore femur width 0.3 x length.
Etymology: the name of species is in honor of Yulie Shimano Feitoza, friend and one of the researchers who strongly contributed to the study of mayflies from Mato Grosso.
Distribution (Figure 14): BRAZIL: Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina.
Life cycle association: rearing.
description: Published as part of Raimundi, Erikcsen A., Cabette, Helena R. S., Brasil, Leandro S. & Salles, Frederico F., 2017, A new species of Miroculis Edmunds, 1963 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Cerrado-Amazonian forest transition zone, Brazil, pp. 271-278 in Zootaxa 4299 (2) on pages 272-276, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/835956