Afroptilum boettgeri (Kopelke, 1980)

Kluge, Nikita J., 2022, Taxonomic significance of microlepides on subimaginal tarsi of Ephemeroptera, Zootaxa 5159 (2), pp. 151-186 : 152

Afroptilum boettgeri

= Xyrodromeus africanu s, syn. n.

The Afrotropical species under the name Centroptilum boettgeri Kopelke 1980 was originally described as male and female imagines ( Kopelke 1980a) and eggs ( Kopelke 1980b) from Zaire (recently DR Congo). Subsequently, Gillies (1990) moved this species in the newly established genus Afroptilum Gillies 1990 . The species Xyrodromeus africanus Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 1997a (the type species of Xyrodromeus Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 1997 ) was originally described as larvae from Kenya; according to the original description, it corresponds to the larvae described from Kenya and Uganda as « Centroptilum sp. 2 » by Demoulin (1964a). Imagines corresponding to the description of Afroptilum boettgeri were reared from larvae corresponding to the description of Xyrodromeus africanus ; this allows to conclude that these two names belong to one and the same species.

Material examined: UGANDA: Kasese District, Rwenzori Mountains , basin of Mubuku River , Ruboni camp, 28.VII–6.VIII.2007, coll. N. Kluge: 3 L-S-I ♂, 1 L-S-I ♀, 1 L-S ♀, 1 I ♂, 17 L; Kasese District., Rwenzori Mountains , Kilembe and Ibanda, 14–20.VIII.2007, coll. N. Kluge: 5 L ; Bundibugyo District, Rwenzori Mountains , 23.VIII.2007, coll. N. Kluge: 5 L ; Kapchorwa District, Elgon Mount, Sipi Falls , 25–31.VIII.2007, coll. N. Kluge: 8 L.