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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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