Synonimy of the Neotropical Genera Asthenopus and Asthenopodes (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae: Asthenopodinae)

HUBBARD, MICHAEL D.; DOMINGUEZ, EDUARDO

FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Lugar: Gainesville; Año: 1988 p. 207 - 210

0015-4040

The genera Asthenopus and Asthenopodes have been separated by means of characters of wing venation, leg length, and shape of the male genitalia. Discussion in more detail of the characters of these two genera and their perceived differences can be found in papers by Traver (1950, 1956), Berner (1978) and Dominguez (1988). The recen description of Asthenopus gilliesi from Uruguay by Dominguez (1988) has thrown these generic distinctions into question, however. Asthenopus gillies is intermediate in character between Asthenopus curtus and Asthenopodes pictecti and greatly blurs any clear demarcation at the generic level between adults assigned to these two genera.