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Distribution of Accessory Gills in Mayfly Larvae 87 Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 3: 85–102; Stuttgart, 30.IV.2010. 85 Distribution of accessory gills in mayfl y larvae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuroidea, Eusetisura) ARNOLD H. STANICZEK Abstract Mayfl y larvae are usually characterised by the presence of paired abdominal gills on the fi rst seven abdominal segments. Numerous taxa assigned to different families however possess additional membranous cuticular out- growths on different body parts that are generally referred to as accessory gills. These accessory gills can be located on maxillae, labium, thoracic sterna or coxa. The present study compares the different structures of those accesso- ry gills that occur in some taxa of Siphlonuroidea and Eusetisura. The homology of these outgrowths is discussed, and their possible phylogenetic relevance is evaluated. K e y w o r d s : Accessory gills, coxal gills, labial gills, maxillary gills, sternal gills, mouthparts, larva, may- fl ies, morphology, phylogeny. Zusammenfassung Eintagsfl iegenlarven besitzen in der Regel paarige Tracheenkiemen an den ersten sieben Abdominalsegmenten. Daneben kommen bei verschiedenen Familien zusätzlich membranöse Ausstülpungen der Kutikula an verschie- denen Körperteilen vor, die im allgemeinen als akzessorische Kiemen bezeichnet und gedeutet werden. Diese ak- zessorischen Kiemen können an Maxillen, Labium, thorakalen Sterna oder Coxen vorhanden sein. Die vorliegende Arbeit vergleicht die unterschiedliche Ausprägung dieser akzessorischen Kiemen bei Vertretern der Siphlonuroi- dea und Eusetisura. Die Homologie dieser Strukturen und deren mögliche phylogenetische Relevanz werden dis- kutiert. Contents 1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................85 2 Methods and materials ..........................................................................................................................................86 3 Results ...................................................................................................................................................................86 4 Discussion ..............................................................................................................................................................98 5 Conclusions ......................................................................................................................................................... 101 6 References ........................................................................................................................................................... 101 1 Introduction their possible homology and phylogenetic relevance. The question of the presence of accessory gills in the ground- Aside from abdominal gills, mayfl y larvae of certain plan of mayfl ies is also addressed. taxa can be equipped with membranous outgrowths on such different body parts as coxae, thoracic sterna, maxillae, or labium. These outgrowths are commonly Acknowledgements referred to as accessory gills, although their respiratory I sincerely thank all my colleagues who kindly provided ma- function has not been experimentally confi rmed for most terial from their collections to support this study, namely TERRY of these taxa. As these different accessory gills are mostly HITCHINGS (Canterbury Museum, Christchurch), LUKE JACOBUS (Indiana University, Bloomington), TOMÁŠ SOLDÁN (Institute of simple membranous tubules or tufts and rarely distributed Entomology, České Budějovice), and CHANG-FA ZHOU (Nanjing within mayfl y larvae, little attention has been paid to these Normal University). I also thank MILAN PALLMANN (Staatliches structures. Information on accessory gills in mayfl y larvae Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart = SMNS) for taking habitus is scarce and widely scattered in descriptive literature. photographs of the species, and the referees for comments and Maxillary gills are, however, present throughout seve- advice. Finally I thank JEAN-LUC GATTOLLIAT (Musée de Zoolo- ral families of Eusetisura and are also known from some gie, Lausanne) for discussions on this topic, which helped to re- consider my initial ideas on accessory gills in mayfl ies as pre- families of Siphlonuroidea. The present study aims to in- sented at the International Joint Meeting on Ephemeroptera and vestigate the distribution of different accessory gills in Plecoptera 2004 at Flathead Lake Biological Station, Montana, these taxa, to compare their structures, and to discuss USA. 86 STUTTGARTER BEITRÄGE ZUR NATURKUNDE A Neue Serie 3 2 Methods and materials galc galeolacinia lbg labial gill Photograph series with different focal depths were made lbr labrum from larval heads, legs and dissected mouth parts using a Leica md mandible DFC320 digital camera on a Leica Z16 APO microscope and mga anterior maxillary gill subsequently processed with Leica LAS software to obtain pho- mgp posterior maxillary gill tographs with extended depth of fi eld. The combined photo- mtc musculus tentorio-cardinalis graphs were then digitally enhanced using Adobe Photoshop 7. mx maxilla Specimens used for SEM were dehydrated through a stepwi- mxg maxillary gill se immersion in ethanol and then dried by critical point drying. pgl paraglossa The mounted material was coated with a 20 nm Au/Pd layer, ex- plb labial palp amined with a ISI-SS40 scanning electron microscope at 10 kV, pm postmentum and subsequently photographed. Digital photographs were di- pmx maxillary palp rectly acquired by using DISS 5 (point electronic). prm prementum Specimens used for microscopic sectioning were dehydrated st stipes in ethanol and then stored three times at 50 °C in propan-2-ol for tra trachea 24 hours each time. Then the material was gradually transferred tr trochanter to paraffi n at 50 °C and fi nally transferred to Paraplast Plus™ at 60 °C. There the specimens were kept under vacuum conditions for 24 hours to optimise their penetration. Finally the material 3 Results was embedded in Paraplast Plus™. Sections of 5 μm thickness were obtained by using a Leitz 1516 rotation microtome. Sec- Nesameletidae tions were stained with Delafi eld’s hematoxylin and counterstai- Nesameletus ornatus (Eaton, 1833) ned with eosin. Photographs of sections were taken with a Ca- (Figs. 1–9) non Powershot S45 digital camera on a Leica DMR microscope and digitally processed with Adobe Photoshop 7. The Nesameletidae is a small mayfl y family of amphi- The following material (all deposited in SMNS) was used in notic distribution that includes the three described gene- this study (number of examined specimens in brackets): ra Nesameletus (New Zealand, see HITCHINGS & STANICZEK Nesameletidae 2003), Ameletoides (Australia, see TILLYARD 1933), and Nesameletus ornatus: New Zealand, Coromandel Peninsula, Metamonius (South America, see MERCADO & ELLIOT Whangaeterenga Stream, 6.IV.1993, STANICZEK leg. (20). 2004). Phenetically, these genera are very similar to each Ameletoides lacusalbinae: Australia, New South Wales, other, so the investigation of the New Zealand species Hedley Creek, 9.II.1966, RIEK leg. (3). Nesameletus ornatus may stand representatively for the Rallidentidae entire Nesameletidae. Rallidens mcfarlanei: New Zealand, Northland, Wekaweka, The head of N. ornatus is slightly opisthognathous, i. e. Ngatahuna Stream, 10.IV.1993, STANICZEK leg. (5). Rallidens sp.: New Zealand, South Canterbury, Otaio River, the mouth parts are directed in posteroventral direction 23424, 56223, 8.II.2000, T. R. HITCHINGS leg. (1). (Fig. 1). As usual in mayfl ies, the larval maxilla is compo- Siphluriscidae sed of cardo, a stipes bearing a 3-segmented maxillary palp, Siphluriscus chinensis: China, Zhejiang Province, Long-Quan and distal maxillary lobes that are medially fused to form county, Guan-Pu-Yang, Nang-Ju, 15.VIII.1994, ZHOU leg. (1). a so-called galeolacinia. Different from other siphlonuro- Coloburiscidae id taxa, however, is the membranous connection between Coloburiscus humeralis: New Zealand, Stewart Island, un- cardo and stipes that is everted to form a membranous tu- named creek near Long Harry Hut, 4.III.1993, STANICZEK leg. (45). bule. The base of this tubule is particularly formed by the Coloburiscoides sp.: Australia, Victoria, Powelltown, Ada lateral and anterior membrane between cardo and stipes. River, 22.IV.1993, STANICZEK leg. (12). Murphyella needhami: Chile, Nuble, Las Trancas, 2.III.1968, The basal half of the tubule is directed dorsally. About at PEÑA & FLINT leg. (1). half length the tubule bends so that its apical half proceeds Isonychiidae in anterolateral direction (Figs. 1–3). The tip of the maxil- Isonychia tusculanensis: USA, Tennessee, Great Smoky lary tubule thus points outwards and often can be seen in Mountains National Park, Little River at Metcalf Bottoms Trail- lateral view (see also Fig. 9 for spatial location within the head, 7.XII.2001, JACOBUS leg. (3). head). The tubule itself is entirely membranous and, except Oligoneuriidae of very few tiny setae that are only recognised in high SEM Oligoneuriella rhenana: Germany, Baden-Württemberg, magnifi cation, not equipped with any other cuticular struc- Oberriexingen, River Enz, 22.VII.1996, STANICZEK leg. (20). ture. The maxillary gill is also lacking chloride cells. Abbreviations Slide preparations of the maxilla do not reveal any pecu- liarities in the structure of the maxillary gill, but in histolo- ca cardo cc chloride cell gical cross sections the branching of a small
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