Abstract
I. elegans n.sp. from the Parana River, northeastern Argentina is proposed and its morphological features are compared with those of the apparently related I. agilis. Its outstanding characteristics are the long 2rd to 5th setae of ventral margin of the valves, the rudimentary nature of defensive setae, the low number of spines in the preanal lobe of postabdomen and the unequality of the length of the setae in the outer distal lobe of first trunk limbs.
Finding of this new species suggests that I. agilis would be a complex of species and its records should be revised.
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Paggi, J.C. A new species of Ilyocryptus (Anomopoda: Macrothricidae) from Argentina. Hydrobiologia 231, 141–151 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018198
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