Author(s): Gattolliat, J.-L. & Sartori, M.
Title: The mayflies of Ghana (Insecta: Ephemeroptera)
Year: 2006
Publication date: 2006-10-06
Volume: 98
Pages: 5-28.
Abstract: In the late 1960, S. Endrődy-Younga and B. Entz sampled insects of different orders from various areas of Ghana. Nearly 1000 imagoes of Ephemeroptera were collected. We were able to identify 26 taxa, mostly to the species level. With 9 species, Baetidae is by far the most diversified family. Povilla adusta Navás, 1912 (Polymitarcyidae), Procloeon cylindroculum Kimmins, 1955 (Baetidae) and Tricorythus sp. (Tricorythidae) are the most common and most abundant taxa. As the mayfly fauna of Ghana was poorly prospected, 21 of the 26 taxa constitute new reports for this country. Eight species are also new for West Africa, some of which have never been mentioned since the original description. We also illustrate three species that are possibly new to science. With 8 figures.Keywords: Ghana, Ephemeroptera, new records
Subject: entomology
Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungariciJournal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.ISSN: 0521-4726Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, BudapestEditor(s): Matskási, I. & Merkl, O.