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Tikuna atramentum (Traver, 1947)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Choroterpes atramentum Traver, 1947

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1939

Rediscovered in August 2002

 

Distribution

Costa Rica

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Traver, J.R. (1947). Notes on Neotropical mayflies. Part II. Family Baetidae, subfamily Lep-tophlebiinae. Revista de Entomologia 18: 149-160.

 

Other references:

Savage, H. M. (1983). Systematics of selected Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) from the northern Neotropics. Ph.D. dissertation, Florida State University, Tallahassee. 237 pp.

Savage, H. M, Flowers, R. W. and Porras, V. W. (2005). Rediscovery of Choroterpes atramentum in Costa Rica, type species of Tikuna new genus (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae), and its role in the "Great American Interchange". Zootaxa: 932: 1-14.

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