Cryptonympha copiosa Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 1998

Nieto, Carolina, Grillet, Maria-Eugenia, Domínguez, Eduardo, Molineri, Carlos & Guerrero, Edmundo, 2011, The Family Baetidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Venezuelan Guayana’s Uplands, Zootaxa 2808, pp. 1-17 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277093
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6193973
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0801C-F275-FF8B-8AB7-FB51FDEEF9CD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cryptonympha copiosa Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 1998
status

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Cryptonympha copiosa Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 1998 View in CoL

Taxonomy. This species, can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: 1) labrum with a pair of long subapical setae on dorsal surface; 2) mandibles with a tuft of setae between prostheca and mola, prosthecae robust; 3) right prosthecae with a bipectinate transverse seta; 4) segment II of labial palpi with a thumb-like distomedial projection; 5) hind wing pads absent; 6) tarsal claws with one row of denticles; 7) gills I strongly narrowed basally.

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela

Material examined. Two nymphs: Kauí stream, 5º 28´N, 61º 16´W; 1196 m; 24/ 11/ 2005; EG, AMO, CA and MEG cols. Material housed at IML.