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Megaglena

(Panephemeroptera Euephemeroptera Euplectoptera Anteritorna Bidentiseta Furcatergaliae  
Leptophlebia/fg1 Atalophleboadentata Atalophlebopectinata Atalophleboculata Atalophlebomaxillata Atalophlebolinguata
 ... Megaglena)

Nomen hierarchicum: Megaglena/g(1) [g:1970]  

In circumscription fits:

— gen. Megaglena Peters & Edmunds 1970: 210


References. Peters & Edmunds 1970:


Autapomorphies of Megaglena.

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() secondary ovipositor ... (see Index of characters [2.3.4]).

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Characters of Megaglena of unclear phylogenetic status. 

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() In larva patella-tibial suture is lost on middle legs, but is retained on hind legs (the same in some other taxa –  Index of characters [1.2.18]); in subimago and imago it is retained both on middle and hind legs (see Index of characters [2.2.82]).

Plesiomorphies of Megaglena.

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Imaginal and subimaginal claws of all legs are ephemeropteroid (see Index of characters [2.2.85]).

Size. Fore wing length 4–5.5 mm.

Distribution. Southern India and Sri Lanka.


Nominal species in Megaglena/g(1):

agasthiya Vasanth & Subramanian & Selvakumar (in Vasanth & Subramanian & Selvakumar & Kubendran & Sivaramakrishnan) 2021 [Megaglena]

brincki Peters & Edmunds 1970 [Megaglena] — typus nominis Megaglena --/

sivarubani Srinivasan & Isak 2022 [Megaglena]  — syn.subj. agasthiya [Megaglena]


See also:

Atalophlebolinguata INCERTAE SEDIS

Leptophlebia/fg1 INCERTAE SEDIS