Re-description and range extension of the Afrotropical mayfly Cloeon perkinsi (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

  • Zohar Yanai - Musée Cantonal de Zoologie, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne. - Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne. - School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-0116
  • Wolfram Graf University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecology Management, Vienna. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6559-0644
  • Yonas Terefe - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecology Management, Vienna. - Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia.
  • Michel Sartori - Musée Cantonal de Zoologie, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne. - Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3397-3397
  • Jean-Luc Gattolliat - Musée Cantonal de Zoologie, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne. - Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5873-5083
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.617
Keywords: Afrotropics, Arabian Peninsula, biogeography, Cloeon, Levant

Abstract

Cloeon perkinsi was described from South Africa in 1932 by Barnard. Despite being relatively common in Africa, it was mentioned in the literature quite rarely, and its known distribution to date includes most of sub-Saharan Africa. Material collected recently in Ethiopia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen extends its distribution in East Africa, Arabian Peninsula and the Levant. We examined this material, and provide a re-description of adults (females and males) and nymphs of the species. It represents a much-needed urge mainly due to inconsistencies in literature reports regarding colouration, and sometimes incomplete morphological description of all stages. We demonstrate the intraspecific morphological variability that we have witnessed, and provide information regarding the range of habitats colonised by C. perkinsi. Based on geological and climatic history of the studied region, taken together with among countries genetic distances of the mitochondrial barcoding gene COI, we propose colonisation mechanisms for the north-easternmost limit of distribution. The fragmented distribution pattern of the species highlights the conservation importance of isolated aquatic habitats in the region, as well as current knowledge gaps.

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2020-03-17
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Yanai, Z., Graf, W., Terefe, Y., Sartori, M., & Gattolliat, J.-L. (2020). Re-description and range extension of the Afrotropical mayfly Cloeon perkinsi (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (617). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.617
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