First contribution to the genera Branchiobaetis and Megabranchiella (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) in China, with descriptions of two new species
<i>Branchiobaetis</i> Kaltenbach, Kluge & Gattolliat, 2022 and <i>Megabranchiella</i> Phlai-ngam & Tungpairojwong, 2022 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) are newly recorded in China. Two new species, <i>Branchiobaetisborealis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> based on larval stage and <i>Branchiobaetismegasinus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> based on larval and imaginal stages associated by laboratory rearing, are described. <i>Megabranchiellalongusa</i> Phlai-ngam & Tungpairojwong, 2022, previously only distributed from Thailand, is recorded from China for the first time.
Authors
- Xiaoli Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1731-229X)
- B.-L. Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3477-9737)
- Zi-Yang Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6052-3471)
Institutions
- South China Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ZooKeys
- Published
- 2024-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1216.129803
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.46
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China