Description of the imagos of Cloeodes jaragua Salles & Lugo-Ortiz, 2003 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae)

Abstract

Cloeodes Traver, 1938 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) was established to include Baetidae specimens from Puerto Rico. Of the three species described by Traver (1938), only the type-species C. maculipes remains in this genus (Domínguez et al. 2006). A revision of Cloeodes by Waltz & McCafferty (1987) redefined its distinct characteristics and revealed the genus to be a widespread group of Neotropical origin with several species from South and Central America as well as from Southwestern North America and Southeast Asia.

Phylogenetic analyses of CloeodesTraver and related genera (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)

“…In the last 10 years, the number of papers dealing with Cloeodes and related genera increased significantly. Besides descriptions of various life stages of species of Cloeodes from the Oriental (Tong et al ., ), Afrotropical (Jacobus et al ., ) and Neotropical Regions (Gonçalves et al ., ), some important new combinations and synonymies have been proposed. For example, Nesydemius was considered a junior synonym of Dabulamanzia (Gattolliat & Jacobus, ), whereas Maliqua and Bernerius were considered junior synonyms of Cloeodes (Jacobus et al ., ; Nieto & Richard, ).…”

First description of imago and redescription of nymph for Cloeodes irvingi Waltz & McCafferty, 1987 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)

“…Cloeodes Traver (1938) has a widespread pantropical distribution with representatives in Africa (Waltz & McCafferty 1994;Jacobus et al 2006), Madagascar (Lugo-Ortiz et al 1999), Southeast Asia (Soldán & Yang 2003) and the Americas (e.g., Traver 1938;McCafferty & Lugo-Ortiz 1996;Wiersema & Baumgardner 2000;McCafferty et al 2004;Nieto & Richard 2008;McCafferty et al 2012). In South America, there are 23 species known: eight from nymphs, five from adults, and ten from both nymphs and adults (Nieto & Richard 2008;Gonçalves et al 2010;Massariol & Salles 2011;Nieto & Emmerich 2011;Massariol et al 2013). In Brazil, 11 species are reported .…”