Habrophlebia abietis El Alami, Sartori & Vuataz 2025, sp. nov.

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author Alami, Majida El
Vuataz, Laurent
Yaagoubi, Sara El
Sartori, Michel
author_facet Alami, Majida El
Vuataz, Laurent
Yaagoubi, Sara El
Sartori, Michel
contents <p><b><i>Habrophlebia abietis</i> El Alami, Sartori & Vuataz sp. nov.</b></p><p>https://zoobank.org/ E4401307-9441-4E04-8AED-BB92312185FD</p><p>Figs 2A, 3–5, 9A–B, 12A</p><p><i>Habrophlebia</i> sp. 2 in El Alami <i>et al.</i> 2022a [partim] and El Alami <i>et al.</i> 2023</p><p><b>Material examined.</b> <b><i>Holotype</i>:</b> one nymph in ethanol (GBIFCH00892900), MOROCCO, Chefchaouen Province, Talassemtane National Park, S 7, Oued Afeska, Loc. Afeska; 35°09'53''N, 5°11'12''W; alt. 1237 m; 30.VII.2022, S. El Yaagoubi leg., MZL.</p><p><i>Paratypes.</i> MOROCCO, Chefchaouen Province,same data as holotype, 3nymphs in ethanol(GBIFCH00892901), 1 nymph on slide (GBIFCH01314414), MZL, and 3 nymphs in ethanol, 2 nymphs on slide, LESCB; same locality as holotype, 2.IV.2021, 5 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892902), 1 nymph on slide (GBIFCH00970949), MZL, and 3 nymphs in ethanol; 2 nymphs on slide, LESCB, S. El Yaagoubi leg.; same locality as holotype, 4.VI.2021, 2 nymphs in ethanol, 1 nymphs on slide, S. El Yaagoubi, leg. LESCB; same locality as holotype, 2.VI.2022, 11 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892903), 2 nymphs on slide (GBIFCH01314449, GBIFCH01118435), MZL, and 12 nymphs in ethanol, 1 nymph on slide, S. El Yaagoubi leg., LESCB; same locality as holotype, 4.VII.2022, 2 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892904), 1 nymph on slide (GBIFCH01144260), S. El Yaagoubi leg., MZL; same locality as holotype, 9.VI.2024, 2 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892905), S. El Yaagoubi leg., MZL; same locality as holotype, 22.IV.2024, 14 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892906), 2 nymphs on slide (GBIFCH01550988 – GBIFCH01550989), P. Derleth & M. Sartori leg., MZL.</p><p><b>Description. Nymph.</b></p><p><b>Coloration and dimensions.</b> Body length of final instar, excluding caudal filaments, 5 to 6 mm for male and 5.5 to 6.5 mm for female. Cerci as long as body length. General dark brown coloration with greyish to light brown markings mainly on abdominal terga. The whole cuticle is shagreened.</p><p><b>Head.</b> General coloration light brown; paler area around the compound eyes and lateral ocelli; between ocelli, a dark brown mark not reaching the clypeus distally, and extending laterally in front of the compound eyes in males; vertex sutures light brownish, barely visible (Fig. 2A). Upper portion of male compound eyes red brownish. Antenna with pedicel brownish, scape and filament yellowish.</p><p><i>Labrum</i> rectangular (Fig. 3A), 1.7–1.9 x wider than long; dorsal surface covered distally with scattered stout setae, proximally with long and thin setae; anterior margin with a row of stout, long and spatulate setae medially; emargination narrow, U-shaped with ca eight flat denticles; ventral surface with two bundles of stout, long setae medially.</p><p><i>Mandibles</i> similar to other <i>Habrophlebia</i> species (Fig. 3B). 7–10 long and thin setae below the mola of the right mandible.</p><p><i>Maxilla</i> stocky, subapical row of 7–8 pectinate setae (Fig. 3C); maxillary palp with three segments, segment 1 and 2 subequal in length, and much longer than segment 3; segment 3 triangular, ca 1.6× longer than wide at base; all setae on palp segments stout and entire (Fig. 3E).</p><p><i>Hypopharynx</i> with highly developed superlinguae terminated by a membranous digitation (Fig. 3F).</p><p><i>Labium</i> (Fig. 3D) with rhomboid glossae, outer margin and apex covered by short, broad setae; paraglossae enlarged laterally, covered with fine and long setae on the dorsal surface; with long, thick setae on the outer margin; labial palp with three segments; inner margin of segment 1 highly dilated near the middle, about 1.2× longer than the maximum width, segments 2 as long as segment 3, ca 0.9× length of segment 1; segment 3 ca 1.8× longer than wide at base, conical shape, with 6–8 long and stout setae on dorsal face and inner margin with one row of longer and robust setae.</p><p><b>Thorax.</b> Pro- and mesonotum medium brown, with greyish or brownish maculae, two light brown oval or rounded large maculae on the prothorax (Fig 2A).</p><p><i>Legs</i> light to medium brown; dorsal surface of femora and tarsi with greyish maculae.</p><p><i>Fore legs</i> (Fig. 4A) femora elongated, ca 2.4× longer than wide, dorsal surface covered with long, entire and pointed setae; fore tibiae subequal in length to femora, outer margin with few thin and long setae, inner margin with several rows of long stout and feathered setae; tarsi 0.5× length of tibiae, outer margin with long and thin setae, inner margin with long and pointed entire setae.</p><p><i>Middle legs</i> similar to fore legs, femora ca 2.7× longer than wide, dorsal surface of femora with more numerous and slightly longer stout, pointed and feathered setae; tibiae and femora of subequal length; tarsi 0.5× length of tibiae.</p><p><i>Hind legs</i> (Fig. 4B) femora 3× longer than wide, dorsal surface covered with stout, pointed and feathered setae (Fig. 4E); ventral surface with few stout setae; hind tibiae as long as hind femora, outer margin with very few long, stout, pointed setae; inner margin with stout, long, pointed, scattered setae; tarsi 0.4× length of tibiae, outer margin without or with 1–2 long and thin setae, inner margin with long, stout, pointed setae. Claws (Fig. 4C) of all legs slightly hooked, with 11 to 12 denticles, the last four apically reduced in size (Fig. 4D).</p><p><b>Abdomen.</b> Tergites greyish to dark brown (Fig. 2A). Tergites I–VIII with a dark brown band posteriorly tergites IX–X uniformly medium to light brown. Sternum I entirely greyish brown; sternites II−VIII greyish to lighter brown with posterior bands brown, and two parasagittal nervous ganglia dark brown; sternite IX greyish. Posterolateral expansions only on segments VIII and IX. Ornamentation of the tergites (Figs. 5D–H): posterior margin of tergite IX with well-developed narrow and pointed spines, ca 2–3 times longer than wide, bordered with submarginal microdenticles; tergites VII−VIII with much narrower and shorter spines, bordered with submarginal microdenticles; tergites V−VI with needle-shaped spines, tergite III–IV with minute spines, not longer than the submarginal microdenticles; tergites I−II with barely visible spines.</p><p><i>Gills</i> present on segments I−VII; all gills long and large; first gill (Fig. 5A) with ventral lamella bearing 3–4 filaments, dorsal lamella with 3–4 filaments, gills II−VII (Figs. 5B–C) with 3–4 and 4–7 filaments on the ventral and dorsal lamella respectively. Cerci and terminal filament yellowish brown, medium brown in mature nymphs (Fig. 2A).</p><p><i>Eggs</i> ornamented with small depressions surrounded by reticulated ribs shaped like a small-meshed net, distributed and arranged along the whole of the chorionic surface. These ribs are made up of microtubules joined together to form hexagonal, pentagonal or irregular rosette-shaped units (Figs. 9A–B).</p><p><i>Imago.</i> Unknown.</p><p><b>Etymology</b></p><p>This new species is named <i>abietis</i> to remember it inhabits a region where the endemic and endangered tree <i>Abies marocana</i>, the Moroccan fir or Rif fir, is still present.</p>
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spellingShingle Habrophlebia abietis El Alami, Sartori & Vuataz 2025, sp. nov.
Alami, Majida El
Vuataz, Laurent
Yaagoubi, Sara El
Sartori, Michel
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
Leptophlebiidae
Habrophlebia
Habrophlebia abietis
<p><b><i>Habrophlebia abietis</i> El Alami, Sartori & Vuataz sp. nov.</b></p><p>https://zoobank.org/ E4401307-9441-4E04-8AED-BB92312185FD</p><p>Figs 2A, 3–5, 9A–B, 12A</p><p><i>Habrophlebia</i> sp. 2 in El Alami <i>et al.</i> 2022a [partim] and El Alami <i>et al.</i> 2023</p><p><b>Material examined.</b> <b><i>Holotype</i>:</b> one nymph in ethanol (GBIFCH00892900), MOROCCO, Chefchaouen Province, Talassemtane National Park, S 7, Oued Afeska, Loc. Afeska; 35°09'53''N, 5°11'12''W; alt. 1237 m; 30.VII.2022, S. El Yaagoubi leg., MZL.</p><p><i>Paratypes.</i> MOROCCO, Chefchaouen Province,same data as holotype, 3nymphs in ethanol(GBIFCH00892901), 1 nymph on slide (GBIFCH01314414), MZL, and 3 nymphs in ethanol, 2 nymphs on slide, LESCB; same locality as holotype, 2.IV.2021, 5 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892902), 1 nymph on slide (GBIFCH00970949), MZL, and 3 nymphs in ethanol; 2 nymphs on slide, LESCB, S. El Yaagoubi leg.; same locality as holotype, 4.VI.2021, 2 nymphs in ethanol, 1 nymphs on slide, S. El Yaagoubi, leg. LESCB; same locality as holotype, 2.VI.2022, 11 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892903), 2 nymphs on slide (GBIFCH01314449, GBIFCH01118435), MZL, and 12 nymphs in ethanol, 1 nymph on slide, S. El Yaagoubi leg., LESCB; same locality as holotype, 4.VII.2022, 2 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892904), 1 nymph on slide (GBIFCH01144260), S. El Yaagoubi leg., MZL; same locality as holotype, 9.VI.2024, 2 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892905), S. El Yaagoubi leg., MZL; same locality as holotype, 22.IV.2024, 14 nymphs in ethanol (GBIFCH00892906), 2 nymphs on slide (GBIFCH01550988 – GBIFCH01550989), P. Derleth & M. Sartori leg., MZL.</p><p><b>Description. Nymph.</b></p><p><b>Coloration and dimensions.</b> Body length of final instar, excluding caudal filaments, 5 to 6 mm for male and 5.5 to 6.5 mm for female. Cerci as long as body length. General dark brown coloration with greyish to light brown markings mainly on abdominal terga. The whole cuticle is shagreened.</p><p><b>Head.</b> General coloration light brown; paler area around the compound eyes and lateral ocelli; between ocelli, a dark brown mark not reaching the clypeus distally, and extending laterally in front of the compound eyes in males; vertex sutures light brownish, barely visible (Fig. 2A). Upper portion of male compound eyes red brownish. Antenna with pedicel brownish, scape and filament yellowish.</p><p><i>Labrum</i> rectangular (Fig. 3A), 1.7–1.9 x wider than long; dorsal surface covered distally with scattered stout setae, proximally with long and thin setae; anterior margin with a row of stout, long and spatulate setae medially; emargination narrow, U-shaped with ca eight flat denticles; ventral surface with two bundles of stout, long setae medially.</p><p><i>Mandibles</i> similar to other <i>Habrophlebia</i> species (Fig. 3B). 7–10 long and thin setae below the mola of the right mandible.</p><p><i>Maxilla</i> stocky, subapical row of 7–8 pectinate setae (Fig. 3C); maxillary palp with three segments, segment 1 and 2 subequal in length, and much longer than segment 3; segment 3 triangular, ca 1.6× longer than wide at base; all setae on palp segments stout and entire (Fig. 3E).</p><p><i>Hypopharynx</i> with highly developed superlinguae terminated by a membranous digitation (Fig. 3F).</p><p><i>Labium</i> (Fig. 3D) with rhomboid glossae, outer margin and apex covered by short, broad setae; paraglossae enlarged laterally, covered with fine and long setae on the dorsal surface; with long, thick setae on the outer margin; labial palp with three segments; inner margin of segment 1 highly dilated near the middle, about 1.2× longer than the maximum width, segments 2 as long as segment 3, ca 0.9× length of segment 1; segment 3 ca 1.8× longer than wide at base, conical shape, with 6–8 long and stout setae on dorsal face and inner margin with one row of longer and robust setae.</p><p><b>Thorax.</b> Pro- and mesonotum medium brown, with greyish or brownish maculae, two light brown oval or rounded large maculae on the prothorax (Fig 2A).</p><p><i>Legs</i> light to medium brown; dorsal surface of femora and tarsi with greyish maculae.</p><p><i>Fore legs</i> (Fig. 4A) femora elongated, ca 2.4× longer than wide, dorsal surface covered with long, entire and pointed setae; fore tibiae subequal in length to femora, outer margin with few thin and long setae, inner margin with several rows of long stout and feathered setae; tarsi 0.5× length of tibiae, outer margin with long and thin setae, inner margin with long and pointed entire setae.</p><p><i>Middle legs</i> similar to fore legs, femora ca 2.7× longer than wide, dorsal surface of femora with more numerous and slightly longer stout, pointed and feathered setae; tibiae and femora of subequal length; tarsi 0.5× length of tibiae.</p><p><i>Hind legs</i> (Fig. 4B) femora 3× longer than wide, dorsal surface covered with stout, pointed and feathered setae (Fig. 4E); ventral surface with few stout setae; hind tibiae as long as hind femora, outer margin with very few long, stout, pointed setae; inner margin with stout, long, pointed, scattered setae; tarsi 0.4× length of tibiae, outer margin without or with 1–2 long and thin setae, inner margin with long, stout, pointed setae. Claws (Fig. 4C) of all legs slightly hooked, with 11 to 12 denticles, the last four apically reduced in size (Fig. 4D).</p><p><b>Abdomen.</b> Tergites greyish to dark brown (Fig. 2A). Tergites I–VIII with a dark brown band posteriorly tergites IX–X uniformly medium to light brown. Sternum I entirely greyish brown; sternites II−VIII greyish to lighter brown with posterior bands brown, and two parasagittal nervous ganglia dark brown; sternite IX greyish. Posterolateral expansions only on segments VIII and IX. Ornamentation of the tergites (Figs. 5D–H): posterior margin of tergite IX with well-developed narrow and pointed spines, ca 2–3 times longer than wide, bordered with submarginal microdenticles; tergites VII−VIII with much narrower and shorter spines, bordered with submarginal microdenticles; tergites V−VI with needle-shaped spines, tergite III–IV with minute spines, not longer than the submarginal microdenticles; tergites I−II with barely visible spines.</p><p><i>Gills</i> present on segments I−VII; all gills long and large; first gill (Fig. 5A) with ventral lamella bearing 3–4 filaments, dorsal lamella with 3–4 filaments, gills II−VII (Figs. 5B–C) with 3–4 and 4–7 filaments on the ventral and dorsal lamella respectively. Cerci and terminal filament yellowish brown, medium brown in mature nymphs (Fig. 2A).</p><p><i>Eggs</i> ornamented with small depressions surrounded by reticulated ribs shaped like a small-meshed net, distributed and arranged along the whole of the chorionic surface. These ribs are made up of microtubules joined together to form hexagonal, pentagonal or irregular rosette-shaped units (Figs. 9A–B).</p><p><i>Imago.</i> Unknown.</p><p><b>Etymology</b></p><p>This new species is named <i>abietis</i> to remember it inhabits a region where the endemic and endangered tree <i>Abies marocana</i>, the Moroccan fir or Rif fir, is still present.</p>
title Habrophlebia abietis El Alami, Sartori & Vuataz 2025, sp. nov.
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
Leptophlebiidae
Habrophlebia
Habrophlebia abietis
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15849895