First report of the Afrotropical genus Securiops Jacobus, McCafferty & Gattolliat (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Southeast Asia, with description of a new species

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Biogeography · Topics: Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Recent collections in Thailand revealed the occurrence of the genus Securiops in Asia, formerly known from the Afrotropical Realm only. A new species of Securiops is described and illustrated based on larvae and eggs. Eggs of this genus are described for the first time. Morphological differences between the new species and the species from Africa are discussed. The number of species in the genus Securiops is augmented to five.

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