Baetis (Rhodobaetis) stoffer sp. nov., a new species of mayfly and the first record of the subgenus Rhodobaetis Jacob 2003 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from India
摘要
Baetis (Rhodobaetis) stoffer sp. nov. is described based on the larval materials collected from the Neeru stream of Jammu & Kashmir, North India. It is the first record of the subgenus Rhodobaetis Jacob from India. The larvae of the new species are distinguished from all other representatives of Rhodobaetis and shows close similarity with the Western Palearctic species Baetis (Rhodobaetis) baskan Soldán by the reduced number of spines in the costal margin of tergalii II–VII.