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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. ... () secondary ovipositor ... (see Index of characters [2.3.4]). () Characters of Megaglena of unclear phylogenetic status. ... () 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. ... 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