Compsoneuria langensis Braasch & Boonsoong, 2010

Boonsoong, Boonsatien & Braasch, Dietrich, 2013, Heptageniidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) of Thailand, ZooKeys 272, pp. 61-93 : 75

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.272.3638

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scientific name

Compsoneuria langensis Braasch & Boonsoong, 2010
status

 

Compsoneuria langensis Braasch & Boonsoong, 2010 View in CoL Figs 2H3 K–L

Compsoneuria langensis Braasch & Boonsoong, 2010: 9-11, Figs 31-45. (orig.)

Larva.

Braasch and Boonsoong 2010: 9-11, Figs 31-45.

Adult. Braasch and Boonsoong 2010: 7-9, M, Figs 19, 21-25, 27-30; F, Figs 20, 26.

Eggs.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Nam Lang River, Soppong (Mae Hong Son province).

Diagnosis.

Larva without emarginations on gills 2-6, gill 7 lanceolate and rounded apically, pale dots and marks on abdomen as on Fig. 3K.

Habitat and biology.

Both Compsoneuria thienemanni and Compsoneuria langensis larvaeare mainly found attached to floating water plants or thick pads of green algae.

Remarks.

Braasch and Boonsoong (2010) described this species from Thailand based on larval and imaginal specimens. The larva of this species is different from other known species by gills 2-6 without emarginations, gill 7 lanceolate and rounded apically.