Electrogena gibedede Godunko & Sroka, 2012

Moazzen, Mina, Keikhosravi, Alireza & Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, 2021, Description of Electrogena sartorii sp. nov., a new representative of the genus Electrogena Zurwerra & Tomka, 1985 (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae), from Iran using molecular and morphological data, Zootaxa 5026 (4), pp. 555-566 : 562

Electrogena gibedede Godunko & Sroka, 2012

This species was first described from Western Caucasus Mts., Russian Federation ( Sroka & Godunko 2012). We have found the species in Mazandaran Province, and it is the first record for Iran.

Examined material: 10 larvae from Mazandaran Province, Abbasabad, Behshahr county (N36°39’42”; E53°35’49”), 22.iv.2018, Keikhosravi, A. leg.

Electrogena gibedede can be distinguished from other species by using the following characters: (i) shape of gill I with subparallel margins for most of the gill length ( Fig. 4a ); (ii) shape of gill VII, gradually narrowing towards apex ( Fig. 4b ); (iii) joint between pronotum and mesonotum smooth, without abrupt step ( Fig. 4c ); (iv) unique shape of bristles on upper surface of fore femora, widened towards the apex and rounded ( Fig. 4d ); (v) presence of two teeth on the tarsal claws; (vi) shape of paraglossae, rounded laterally ( Fig. 4e ); (vii) setation of superlinguae with long hairs on the tips.

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FIGURE 4. Electrogena gibedede, a, first gill; b, seven gill; c, pronotum; d, bristles on the dorsal face of femora; e, glossae and paraglossae.