Traverella, Edmunds, 1948

Nascimento, Stênio R. S., Lima, Lucas R. C., Mariano, Rodolfo & Azevêdo, Carlos A. S., 2020, New species and stages description of Traverella Edmunds, 1948 (Ephemeroptera Leptophlebiidae) from Northeast Brazil, Zootaxa 4861 (3), pp. 411-422 : 421

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4861.3.7
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scientific name	Traverella
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Key to male imagos of Traverella from Brazil

1. Styliger plate strongly projected posteriorly, hindering the vision of penes ( Nascimento & Salles 2013: fig. 14D).. T. insolita

- Styliger plate not strongly projected posteriorly............................................................. 2

2(1). Styliger plate without lateral projections ( Needham & Murphy 1924: pl. 11, fig, 142)....................... T. bradleyi

- Styliger plate with lateral broad paired projections........................................................... 3

3(2). Lateral projections of styliger plate sharpening toward at apex ( Figs 1D, 2D)................ Traverella excelsior sp. nov.

- Lateral projections of styliger plate with two fine, long spines dorsally recurved ( Nascimento et al. 2019: fig. 16A)................................................................................................ T. maranhensis

References

Nascimento, J. M. C. & Salles, F. F. (2013) New species of Hermanella complex (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa, 3718 (1), 1 - 27. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3718.1.1

Nascimento, S. R. S., Lima, L. R. C. & Azevedo, C. A. S. (2019) A new species of Traverella Edmunds, 1948 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 4619 (1), 195 - 199. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4619.1.12

Needham, J. G. & Murphy, H. E. (1924) Neotropical mayflies. Bulletin of the Lloyd Library, No. 24, Entomological Series, 4, 1 - 79.