Two new species and new records of Campsurus Eaton (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae) in Amazon
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Collection and Long-Term Maintenance of Leaf-Cutting Ants Atta in Laboratory Conditions
Published on: August 30, 2022
Paulo Vilela Cruz1, Carlos Molineri2, Neusa Hamada3
1Universidade Federal de Rondnia UNIR, Programa de Ps-Graduao em Cincias Ambientais - PPGCA, Programa de Ps-Graduao em Conservao e Uso de Recursos Naturais - PPGReN, Laboratrio de Biodiversidade e Conservao LABICON, CEP 76940000, Rolim de Moura, Rondnia, Brazil. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia INPA, Coordenao de Pesquisas em Biodiversidade, Laboratrio de Citotaxonomia e Insetos Aquticos LACIA, CEP 69067375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.. pvilelacruz@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Campsurus Eaton is the second most speciose genus of mayflies in South America and, until recently, one of the most problematic. The scenario was so disorganized that the description of new species was strongly discouraged. In 2010 the genus started to be revised and, after more than ten years of advances, the taxonomic impediment was drastically reduced, facilitating new researches. The new evidence allowed us to investigate specimens of this genus collected from Amap and Mato Grosso States, Brazil, which were impossible to assign to any species in the past. As results, two new species are described, Campsurus fortuitus sp. nov. and Campsurus froehlichi sp. nov.; and new records are provided for Campsurus cuyuniensis Traver, Campsurus indivisus Ulmer, Campsurus inusitatus Molineri Salles, Campsurus jorgenseni Esben-Petersen, Campsurus litaninensis Spieth, Campsurus nessimiani Molineri Salles, Campsurus pereirae Molineri Salles and, Campsurus segnis Needham Murphy.
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