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Issue: Vol. 2225 No. 1: 9 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2225.1.3
Page range: 57–62
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the genus Paracloeodes Day (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in Uruguay and description of two new species

Facultad de Ciencias, Sección Entomología, PEDECIBA. Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
CONICET-INSUE-Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Miguel Lillo 205, S. M. de Tucumán (4000), Tucumán, Argentina
Ephemeroptera Baetidae Paracloeodes Uruguay

Abstract

Eleven species of the genus Paracloeodes are recorded from South America. This genus is reported for the first time in Uruguay. Two new species (P. charrua and P. morellii) are described based on nymphs. A key for all South American species of Paracloeodes is included.

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    Lugo-Ortiz, C.R. & McCafferty, W.P. (1996) The genus Paracloeodes (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) and its presence in South America. Annales de Limnologie, 32 (3), 161–169.

    Nieto, C. & Salles, F.F. (2006) Revision of the genus Paracloeodes (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in South America. Zootaxa, 1301, 1–33.

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