Acanthiops griffithsi
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Baetoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Baetidae
Genus: Acanthiops
Species: Acanthiops griffithsi
Name
[edit]Acanthiops griffithsi Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty, 1998
Holotype: Larva, Kenya, Turasha R, 2800 m, 0°40'S/ 36°40'E, 9-i-1991, R. W. Griffiths and S.D. Cooper (mouthparts, forelegs, gill 4, and paraproct mounted on slide [medium: Euparal]). Additional material: larva, same data. Type deposited in Purdue Entomological Research Collection, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Etymology: We name the species after Ronald W. Griffiths, who collected the specimens and donated them for study.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Lugo-Ortiz, C.R.; McCafferty, W.P. 1998. The Centroptiloides Complex of Afrotropical small minnow mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 91(1): 1-26.