Acanthiops cooperi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Baetoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Ephemeroptera Subordo: Pisciformia Superfamilia: Baetoidea

Familia: Baetidae
Genus: Acanthiops
Species: Acanthiops cooperi

Name

Acanthiops cooperi (Gillies & Wuillot, 1997)

Holotype: Nymph (on slide), Kenya, Kakamega Forest, Isinza stream, 8.i.90, S.D. Cooper. Paratypes, 2 nymphs, same provenance. Type deposited in Natural History Museum, London.

Etymology: This species is named after Scott D. Cooper, who collected the specimens and donated them for study.

References

Primary references

• Gillies, M.T & Wuillot J., 1997: Platycloeon, a new genus of Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) from East Africa. Aquatic Insects 19: 185–189. Full article: [1].
• 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.