CLADOENDESIS OF EPHEMEROPTERA

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Plesiomorphon Afroplocia

(Panephemeroptera Euephemeroptera Euplectoptera Anteritorna Bidentiseta Furcatergaliae  
Fimbriatotergaliae Euthyplocia/fg1 Exeuthyplocia/fg1 - pm.Afroplocia)

Nomen hierarchicum: Afroplocia/g(1) [g:1939]

In circumscription fits:

— gen. Afroplocia Lestage 1939: 134

— Afroplocia/g(1): Kluge 2004: 232


References. Barnard 1937: ; – Lestage 1939: .


Plesiomorphies of Afroplocia. In imago of both sexes hind legs [non-functional – see Exeuthyplocia/fg1 (1)] are developed (unlike Exeuthyplocia/fg2); claws [except for blunt claws on fore legs of male – see Euthyplocia/fg1 (10)] are ephemeropteroid (unlike Euthyplocia/fg2, Campylocia and Polyplocia).

Size. Fore wing length 15–20 mm. 

Distribution. Afrotropical Region.


Nominal species in Afroplocia/g(1): - 1 species

sampsoni Barnard 1937 [Exeuthyplocia]

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