An unexpected new species of from Algeria (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae).

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Laboratoire Ressources Naturelles, Faculté des Sciences agronomiques et des sciences biologiques, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi-Ouzou Algeria.

Published: July 2020

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  • A new species of insect was discovered in the Great Kabylia watershed of north-central Algeria, identified through its nymphal, imaginal, and egg stages.
  • The new species was previously misidentified as H. cf. fusca but is actually more closely related to a species described by Thomas in 1996.
  • This marks the fourth species of this genus recorded from North Africa.

Article Abstract

We describe a new species of , , based on nymphal, imaginal, and egg stages obtained by sampling from the Great Kabylia watershed, north-central Algeria. The new species was previously identified as H. cf. fusca by Lounaci et al. 2000. is in fact more related to Thomas, 1996 but can be separated by characters on the nymphs and male imago. This is the fourth species of reported from North Africa.

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