Conservation of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Conservation of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Ephemeroptera exhibits great diversity among bodies of freshwater in the Atlantic Forest, a biome that is suffering from massive human impact. Within this context, the creation of conservation units using biological information is more recommended than economic, cultural, or political criteria. The distribution pattern of 76 Ephemeroptera species was analyzed using the biogeographical methods Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity and Network Analysis Method in order to infer relevant areas for conservation of the mayfly community in Espírito Santo. The results obtained from both analyses were largely congruent, and pointed out four relevant areas for conservation: two in the south of the state, where conservation units or priority areas for conservation are well established; and two in the north, a region in the state where little conservation efforts have been historically done. Therefore, based on our analyses on mayflies, we recommend the expansion of the existing APCs or the creation of new APCs on the north of Espírito Santo.

New Oligoneuriidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from Iran

“…Oligoneuriopsis , the second genus, which we found in Iran, is probably closely related to Oligoneuriella (Edmunds 1961; Massariol 2017). The former genus includes six species, mostly distributed in the Afrotropics (Bauernfeind and Soldán 2012), with the only exception of Oligoneuriopsis skhounate Dakki & Giudicelli, 1980, which is known from the Palaearctic (North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula).…”

“…Remaining sequences used in the analysed dataset were downloaded from GenBank and Bold Systems. Two sequences (one from Oligoneuriopsis skhounate and one from Oligoneuriella pallida ) were obtained from Massariol (2017). Identical haplotypes were collapsed.…”