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Aturbina was described as an aberrant baetid mayfly that lacked turbinate eyes in the male. The species A. georgei was shown to be widespread in Brazil and tropical South America. A second species, A. beatrixae, is now described from Departamento Maldonado, Uruguay. It differs from all known Baetidae in that the genital forceps possess two short or globular distal segments. The larva is believed to be associated with rotting logs in streams.
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Lugo-Ortiz, C. R. and W. P. McCafferty. 1996. Aturbina georgei gen. et sp. n.: A small minnow mayfly (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) without turbinate eyes. Aquat. Insects 18: 175-183.
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Gillies, M.T. (2001). A New Species of Aturbina (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) Lugo-Ortiz and McCafferty from Uruguay. In: Domínguez, E. (eds) Trends in Research in Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1257-8_37
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