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Ultrastructural Studies on Oligoneuriidae - Taxonomic Applications

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Advances in Ephemeroptera Biology

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The surface ultrastructure (excluding trophi) of two species each of the Afrotropical genera Elassoneuria and Oligoneuriopsis (Oligoneuriidae) has been studied by scanning electron microscopy. New methods of specimen preparation are described; these give improved results compared to those obtained by methods currently advocated. Five main kinds, containing variants, of micro- and macrotrichia are described; some appear to be intermediate or connecting types. The taxonomic distribution of the structures within the study material is given; their utility in taxonomy is discussed.

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa

    John D. Agnew

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  1. Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Agnew, J.D. (1980). Ultrastructural Studies on Oligoneuriidae - Taxonomic Applications. In: Flannagan, J.F., Marshall, K.E. (eds) Advances in Ephemeroptera Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3066-0_29

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