Poecilophlebia pacoi (Kluge, 1994)

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A.19. Poecilophlebia pacoi (Kluge, 1994)

Figures 9 , 38 , 41 .

Hagenulus (Poecilophlebia) pacoi Kluge 1994:269 (male and female imagos, nymph, egg).

Holotype. Male imago, Province Santiago de Cuba, Arroyo Paco ( Río Palma Mocha ), 22-II-1989, N. Kluge.

Like Borinquena sexta and Turquinophlebia grandis , the species was described from specimens collected in Arroyo Paco. It resembles T. grandis with basally broadened gills, but in Poecilophlebia the labrum has an anteromedian margin with denticles. The tibiae of the hind legs are flat and ventrally concave.

Ecology. This species is found in cold water habitats at elevations between 680 and 1200 m. Recent research indicates a preference for leaf packs

Geographic distribution. Poecilophlebia pacoi is currently known only from the Turquino Massif in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Granma, Eastern Region ( Fig. 9 ).

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Figures 6–9. Distribution records for Ephemeroptera in Cuba.6) Paracloeodes lilliputian. 7) Farrodes bimaculatus. 8) Hagenulus caligatus, H. morrisonae. 9) Borinquena sexta, Turquinophlebia grandis, Poecilophlebia pacoi.

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.