Wolbachia is a genus of intracellular bacteria typically found within the reproductive systems of insects that manipulates those systems of their hosts. While current estimates of Wolbachia incidence suggest that it infects approximately half of all arthropod species, these estimates are based almost entirely on terrestrial insects. No systematic survey of Wolbachia in aquatic insects has been ...

Ephemeroptera is an important group of insects used in the bioassessment and monitoring of freshwater bodies worldwide because of their relative abundance in a wide variety of substrates and their increasing chances of detecting pollution impacts. In this study, their faunistic composition and spatiotemporal variations in density and diversity in River Orogodo (Southern Nigeria) was investigate...

Osmoregulation is a key physiological function, critical for homeostasis. The basic physiological mechanisms of osmoregulation are thought to be well established. However, through a series of experiments exposing the freshwater mayfly nymph Austrophlebioides pusillus (Ephemeroptera) to increasing salinities, we present research that challenges the extent of current understanding of the relation...

Abstract The loss of aquatic biodiversity in tropical streams SE Asia is evident due to increasing anthropogenic activities. Therefore, there a necessity for immediate and feasible conservation plans. Effective planning depends on successful application surrogate groups. However, progress this approach hindered by the paucity relevant reports based cross-taxon congruence analysis. In study, we ...

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This study represents the first formal morphological and combined (morphological and molecular) phylogenetic analyses of the order Ephemeroptera. Taxonomic sampling comprised 112 species in 107 genera, including 42 recognized families (all major lineages of Ephemeroptera). Morphological data consisted of 101 morphological characters. Molecular data were acquired from DNA sequences of the 12S, 1...

Description of a peculiar Rhithrogena nymph from the Iberian Peninsula (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) Recent collecting in southern Portugal (Algarve) let to the discovery of an unusual Rhithrogena that possibly belongs to the so-called Rh. sowai group. The nymph of the species is described but not named, and affinities and relationships with other members from the Iberian Peninsula are discussed.