Acanthiops griffithsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Baetoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Ephemeroptera Subordo: Pisciformia Superfamilia: Baetoidea

Familia: Baetidae
Genus: Acanthiops
Species: Acanthiops griffithsi

Name

Acanthiops griffithsi Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty, 1998

Holotype: Larva, Kenya, Turasha R, 2800 m, 0°40'S/ 36°40'E, 9-i-1991, R. W. Griffiths and S.D. Cooper (mouthparts, forelegs, gill 4, and paraproct mounted on slide [medium: Euparal]). Additional material: larva, same data. Type deposited in Purdue Entomological Research Collection, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Etymology: We name the species after Ronald W. Griffiths, who collected the specimens and donated them for study.

References

Primary references

Lugo-Ortiz, C.R.; McCafferty, W.P. 1998. The Centroptiloides Complex of Afrotropical small minnow mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 91(1): 1-26.