New species of <i>Papuanatula</i> Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty, 1999 from New Guinea (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) with focus on Batanta Island.

ABSTRACT: Since 2010, the Mátra Museum of the Hungarian Natural History Museum has conducted a long-term research program to explore the biodiversity and collect data of selected groups of insects and partly other animals on the island of Batanta (Indonesia, West Papua). During this research project, numerous mayflies of different stages were collected as well. In this study, mayflies of the highly diverse genus Papuanatula (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) collected in Batanta between 2014 and 2025 were investigated. Six new species were discovered, four belonging to the subgenus Papuanatula s. str., P. batantaraja sp. nov., P. cukiclara sp. nov., P. cataracta sp. nov., P. batanlenos sp. nov., and two to the subgenus Papuafiliola, P. horvath

SUBMITTER: Kaltenbach T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12624355 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature