Cloeodes inferior Kluge 1991

Kluge, Nikita J., 2017, Contribution to the knowledge of Cloeodes Traver 1938 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae), Zootaxa 4319 (1), pp. 91-127 : 125-126

Cloeodes inferior Kluge 1991

( Fig. 142 )

Cloeodes inferior Kluge 1991: 133 (larva, male and female imagoes, eggs).

Material examined. Holotype: L-S-I ♂ {specimen [XVIII](2)A1989}: CUBA, Prov. Guamtanamo , Rio Duaba near Baracoa, 20°22'N, 74°32'W, 15.III. 198, coll. N. Kluge . Paratypes: the same locality, 1 L-S-I ♂, 3 L-S-I ♀, 3 L- S ♂, 4 L-S ♀, 14 larvae ; Prov. Santiago-de-Cuba , Rio Baconao in Las Yaguas, 20°04'N, 75°34'W, 12.II.1989, coll. N. Kluge: 2 L-S ♂, 1 larva; the same locality, 25.XII.1983, coll. C. Naranjo: 6 larvae ; Trinidad mountains (border of provinces Sanctispiritus, Cienfiegos and Santa Clara), 12–18.IV.1989, coll. N. Kluge: 1 larva.

Additional descriptions. Larva. Maxillary canines and distal dentiseta stout; distal dentiseta widened, with apex somewhat hooked toward canines ( Fig. 142 ; as in Fig. 8 ). Other characters as described by Kluge 1991.

Subimago. CUTICULAR COLORATION: as in C. superior (see above).

HYPODERMAL COLORATION: As in imago ( Kluge 1991).

TEXTURE: On all legs of both sexes all tarsal segments entirely covered by pointed microlepides ( Table 1).

Tarsal spines of subimago and imago. Tarsus of fore leg in female with one apical spine on 3dr tarsomere (in male without apical spines). Tarsus of middle and hind leg of both sexes with 2 apical spines: one sine on 1st+2nd and another spine on initial 3rd tarsomere ( Table 1). Other characters of imago as described by Kluge 1991.

Dimension. Fore wing length 3.5– 4 mm.

Distribution. Cuba.

Figures

FIGURES 139 – 144. Cuban species of Cloeodes. 139 – 141 and 143 – 144, Cloeodes superior; 142, Cloeodes inferior. 139 – 140, left and right mandibles; 141, left mandible of another specimen; 142, apex of maxilla; 143 – 144, subimaginal exuviae: 143, half of mesonotum; 144, postsubalar sclerite and lateropostnotal crest. Abbreviations: ds 1, ds 2, ds 3, dentisetae.

FIGURES 6 – 12. Cloeodes vibratorius sp. n., larva. 6, head of female larva; 7, maxilla; 8, apex of maxilla; 9 – 11, left and right mandibles; 12, labrum (apical setae not shown) (10, 12, holotype). Abbreviations: ds 1, ds 2, ds 3, dentisetae.