First records of Bessierus doloris Thomas & Orth (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in Brazil

We report the first occurrence of Bessierus doloris in Brazil. Additionally, we provide biological and taxonomic information on this species. Male imagos specimens were collected with a Pennsylvania light trap in the Apiaú region, municipality of Mucajaí, Roraima. The discovery of this species in B...

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Main Authors: Jaime de Liege Gama-Neto, Mahedy Araujo Bastos Passos, Miguel Pereira da Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Chilena de Entomología 2020-06-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Entomología
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Online Access:https://www.biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/62806
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spelling doaj-b51fa8e73c8340da961c2bb4a2ccca862020-11-25T03:49:57ZengSociedad Chilena de EntomologíaRevista Chilena de Entomología0034-740X0718-89942020-06-0146234534810.35249/rche.46.2.20.27First records of Bessierus doloris Thomas & Orth (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in BrazilJaime de Liege Gama-NetoMahedy Araujo Bastos PassosMiguel Pereira da CostaWe report the first occurrence of Bessierus doloris in Brazil. Additionally, we provide biological and taxonomic information on this species. Male imagos specimens were collected with a Pennsylvania light trap in the Apiaú region, municipality of Mucajaí, Roraima. The discovery of this species in Brazil extends its geographic distribution further west in South America, reaching about 100 meters in altitude above sea level.https://www.biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/62806aquatic insectsgeographic distributionmayflyneotropical regiontaxonomy
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author Jaime de Liege Gama-Neto
Mahedy Araujo Bastos Passos
Miguel Pereira da Costa
spellingShingle Jaime de Liege Gama-Neto
Mahedy Araujo Bastos Passos
Miguel Pereira da Costa
First records of Bessierus doloris Thomas & Orth (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in Brazil
Revista Chilena de Entomología
aquatic insects
geographic distribution
mayfly
neotropical region
taxonomy
author_facet Jaime de Liege Gama-Neto
Mahedy Araujo Bastos Passos
Miguel Pereira da Costa
author_sort Jaime de Liege Gama-Neto
title First records of Bessierus doloris Thomas & Orth (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in Brazil
title_short First records of Bessierus doloris Thomas & Orth (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in Brazil
title_full First records of Bessierus doloris Thomas & Orth (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in Brazil
title_fullStr First records of Bessierus doloris Thomas & Orth (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed First records of Bessierus doloris Thomas & Orth (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in Brazil
title_sort first records of bessierus doloris thomas & orth (ephemeroptera: leptophlebiidae) in brazil
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Entomología
series Revista Chilena de Entomología
issn 0034-740X
0718-8994
publishDate 2020-06-01
description We report the first occurrence of Bessierus doloris in Brazil. Additionally, we provide biological and taxonomic information on this species. Male imagos specimens were collected with a Pennsylvania light trap in the Apiaú region, municipality of Mucajaí, Roraima. The discovery of this species in Brazil extends its geographic distribution further west in South America, reaching about 100 meters in altitude above sea level.
topic aquatic insects
geographic distribution
mayfly
neotropical region
taxonomy
url https://www.biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/62806
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