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NEOCHOROTERPES, A NEW SUBGENUS OF CHOROTERPES EATON FROM NORTH AMERICA (EPHEMEROPTERA: LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Richard K. Allen
Richard K. Allen
Affiliation:
California State University, Los Angeles
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Abstract

The North American species of Choroterpes are discussed and Neochoroterpes n. subgen. is established for C. mexicanus n. sp., C. crocatus n. sp., and C. kossi n. sp. A distribution map is included for the southwestern species of Choroterpes s. str., and distribution map, key to the nymphs, descriptions of the known stages, and figures are presented for the species of Choroterpes (Neochoroterpes).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 2 , February 1974 , pp. 161 - 168
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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