CLADOENDESIS OF EPHEMEROPTERA

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Pseudeatonica

(Panephemeroptera Euephemeroptera Euplectoptera Anteritorna Bidentiseta Furcatergaliae  
Fimbriatotergaliae Fossoriae Ephemera/fg9 Hexagenia/fg1
Eatonica/g1Hexagenia/fg2 - Pseudeatonica)

Nomen hierarchicum: Pseudeatonica/g(1) [g:1941]

In circumscription fits:

— subgen. Pseudeatonica Spieth 1941: 269

— gen. Pseudeatonica: Kimmins 1960: 312

— Pseudeatonica/g(1): Kluge 2004: 241


References. Eaton 1883–1888 (Hexagenia mexicana): ; – 1892a (H. mexicana): ; – Needham & Murphy 1924 (H. mexicana): ; – Kimmins 1934 (H. mexicana): ; – Kimmins 1960: ; – McCafferty 1970: *; – Edmunds & Jensen & Berner 1976: * *; – Kluge 2004: * *.


Character of Pseudeatonica of unclear phylogenetic status.

(1) Imaginal and subimaginal gonostylus with 1 distal segment only (instead of two initial ones). Non-unique apomorphy (see Index of characters [2.3.12]); among Ephemera/fg9 the same in Eatonica/g2 and Eatonigenia.

Size. Fore wing length 13 mm.

Distribution. Neotropical Region.


Nominal species in Pseudeatonica/g(1): 

albivitta Walker 1853 [Baetis]

benedicta Navás 1922 [Hexagenia] — syn.subj. albivitta [Baetis]

callineura Banks 1914 [Hexagenia]

continua Walker 1860 [Palingenia] — syn.subj. albivitta [Baetis]

dominans Navás 1937 [Hexagenia] — syn.subj. albivitta [Baetis]

dorsigera Hagen 1861 [Palingenia] — syn.subj. albivitta [Baetis]

mexicana Eaton 1883 [Hexagenia]

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