Leptophlebiidae

L, Carlos Naranjo, Peters, Janice G., del, Pedro López & Castillo, 2019, Ephemeroptera (Insecta) in Cuba, Insecta Mundi 2019 (736), pp. 1-52 : 21

Leptophlebiidae .

16(4).

— Gills with long median process and two lateral processes ( Fig. 36b, 37 )...... Traverina (17) Gills gradually tapered apically, without lateral processes ( Fig. 38, 40c , 41c–d , 48a, 49 )... 18

17(16). Apical denticle of foreclaw larger than other denticles ( Fig. 39a ); lateral gill processes rounded apically ( Fig. 36b ); Eastern Region ...................... Traverina oriente (Kluge)

— Denticles on foreclaw progressively larger apically ( Fig. 39b ); lateral gill processes acute apically ( Fig. 37 ); Western Region ........................... T. cubensis Peters and Alayo

18(16). Apex of sternum 9 convex ( Fig. 40b ); apical denticle of claw much larger than other denticles ( Fig. 40e ); posterolateral projections present on abdominal segments 8–9 only ( Fig. 40b ).................................. Farrodes bimaculatus Peters and Alayo

— Apex of sternum 9 incised; denticles of claw either progressively larger or equal sized (as in Fig. 39 , 52c ); posterolateral projections present on abdominal segments 3–9 to 6–9 ( Fig. 41a , 48a, 49,51 ).. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 19

19(18). Basal portion of abdominal gills 3–5 broad with many tracheal branches ( Fig. 38 , 41c–d ); rare (at elevations> 600 m in Eastern Region)...................................... 20

— Basal portion of abdominal gills 3–5 narrow with few or no tracheal branches ( Fig. 43 , 48a, 49, 52a–b ); generally distributed................................................. 21

20(19). Width of labrum subequal to a little broader than clypeus, anteromedian margin of labrum with denticles ( Fig. 41e ); color pattern on terga with four distinct marks ( Fig. 41b–c ).......................................................... Poecilophlebia pacoi (Kluge)

Figures

Figures 36–40. Leptophlebiidae.36) Traverina oriente. 36a) Habitus.36b) Abdominal gill.37) Traverina cubensis, abdominal gill. 38) Poecilophlebia pacoi, lateral abdominal gills 5–7. 39) Claw of Traverina. 39a) T. oriente. 39b) T. cubensis. 40) Farrodes bimaculatus. 40a) Habitus. 40b) Sterna 7–9. 40c) Male abdominal color. 40d) Female habitus. 40e) Claw.

Figures 41–46. Leptophlebiidae. 41) Poecilophlebia pacoi. 41a) Lateral margins of abdominal terga.41b) Habitus. 41c) Abdominal color pattern. 41d) Gill. 41e) Labrum with detail of anteromedian margin. 42) Turquinophlebia grandis. 42a) Color pattern of abdominal tergum 5. 42b) Labrum with detail of anteromedian margin.43) Hagenulus caligatus. 44) Hagenulus morrisonae. 44a) Head. 44b) Head. 44c) Head (variation, Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa Massif). 45) Careospina baconaoi, head. 46) Careospina hespera sierramaestrae, head. Figures 41d–42 after Kluge 1994; 43–44a after Peters 1971.

Figures 47–52. Leptophlebiidae. 47) Labial palpi comparing segmentation ratios of Careospina hespera hespera and Borinquena sexta. 48) Borinquena sexta. 48a) Terga 6–10. 48b) Habitus. 49) Careospina evanescens, terga 3–10. 50) Careospina baconaoi. 50a) Male, terga 5–10. 50b) Female, terga 6–9. 51) Careospina hespera hespera, terga 5–10. 52) Careospina hespera sierramaestrae. 52a) Terga 3–10. 52b) Gill. 52c) Foreclaw. 52d) Habitus. Figure 51 after Peters 1971.