Janohyphella indica Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus

Selvakumar, C., Sivaramakrishnan, K. G., Jacobus, Luke M., Janarthanan, S. & Arumugam, M., 2014, Two new genera and five new species of Teloganodidae (Ephemeroptera) from South India, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 87-104 : 89-91

Janohyphella indica Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus , n. sp.

Figs. 2–20 .

Materials examined. Holotype: Female larva, India, Tamilnadu, Tirunelveli, Nambiyar river, Nambikovil, 8°26’01.22” N, 77°29’55.07” E, 412 m, 23.II.2012, Colls. C. Selvakumar & K. G. Sivaramakrishnan [ZSI-I/E 9]. Paratype: One larva, India, Karnataka, Sringeri, Nanthinihole, 13°23’23.52” N, 75°10’47.02” E, 640 m, 03.V.2013, Colls. C. Selvakumar & K. G. Sivaramakrishnan [UM].

Description. Larva.

Body length 4.0 – 4.5 mm; cerci length 2.0 mm. Ratio of body length versus cerci>1.3. General colouration yellowish brown to dark brown markings dorsally, pale ventrally.

Head: Markings variable, in general yellowish brown, paler between compound eyes and immediately anterior to median ocellus. Ratio of head width to antenna length <1.0.

Thorax: Femora with dark maculae dorsally; marginal armature consisting of moderately long, sharp, spinelike setae; fore femora with single macula dorsally ( Fig. 10 ); mid- and hind femora with two maculae dorsomedially and two maculae dorsodistally ( Fig. 11, 13 ); transverse row of setae only present on midfemur, pattern of arrangement as in Fig. 12 . Tibiae with maculae; tarsi with median transverse band; claws yellowish brown, sharply curved, without denticles.

Abdomen: Terga reddish brown, paler medially with paired black round maculae on tergum 6 anterolaterally ( Fig. 20 ).

Etymology. The new species is named after the country of holotype origin, India.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 13. Janohyphella indica, n. gen., n. sp. 2. Female larva dorsal view; 3. Head and thorax ventral view (arrow indicates fringe of setae); 4. Labrum; 5. Hypopharynx; 6, 7 Left & Right mandible (arrows indicate sparse medio-lateral cluster of setae); 8. Maxilla (arrow indicates tiny palps); 9. Labium; 10. Fore leg; 11. Mid leg; 12. Midfemur with tranverse row of setae; 13. Hind leg.

FIGURES 14 – 20. Janohyphella indica, n. gen., n. sp. 14. Forewing pads & Gill I (arrow indicates gill I); 15 - 18. Gills II-V; 19. Lateral view of abdomen; 20. Dorsal view of abdomen (arrow indicates posterolateral processes absent segment III).