Tikuna

Tikuna
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Leptophlebiidae
Genus:
Savage, Flowers & Porras, 2005

Tikuna is a genus of central and South American mayflies in the family Leptophlebiidae, erected by Harry Savage, Wills Flowers, and Wendy Porras in 2005.[1]

Species

  • Tikuna atramentum - type species
  • Tikuna bilineata
  • Tikuna fusconotum
  • Tikuna nigrobulla

References

  1. ^ Savage HM, Flowers RW, Porras WV (2005) Rediscovery of Choroterpes atramentum in Costa Rica, type species of Tikuna new genus (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae), and its role in the "Great American Interchange". Zootaxa, no. 932. 1-14.