A review of the alderfly genus Leptosialis Esben-Petersen (Megaloptera, Sialidae) with description of a new species from South Africa |
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| Authors: | Benjamin W Price Xingyue Liu Ferdy C de Moor Martin H Villet |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Somerset Street, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. |
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| Abstract: | The monotypic South African alderfly genus Leptosialis Esben-Petersen, 1920 is reviewed and Leptosialis africana Esben-Petersen, 1920 is redescribed. In the process a new species of alderfly Leptosialis necopinatasp. n. from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa is recognised and described. Within Sialidae the new species most closely resembles Leptosialis africana. A key to the two species of Leptosialis using both adult and larval characters is provided. |
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| Keywords: | Sialidae Leptosialis taxonomy South Africa |
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