Department of Zoology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai - 625 009, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding author's E-mail: ulab62@yahoo.com; ORCID E-mail: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8563-1677
Online Published on 11 October, 2022.
A new mayfly species Sparsorythus chitturensis sp. nov. is described from Kerala, southern India based on nymphal characters. The new species is differentiated from all other known Oriental species by the following combination of characters: (i) segment III of labial palp blunt at apex; (ii) hypopharyngeal lingua is not divided by a rill; and (iii) wing pads reaching the middle of abdominal segment II of final instar larvae. Distribution and ecological notes were provided for the described species.
Bharathapuzha, Kerala, Mayfly, New species, Pannota
