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Published: 2022-01-17
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The imago of Baetodes traverae Mayo, 1972 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), with a redescription of the nymph

Laboratorio de Invertebrados Acuáticos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
Laboratorio de Invertebrados Acuáticos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria, Horco Molle (4107), Tucumán, Argentina.
Ephemeroptera Baetidae imago taxonomy Perú

Abstract

Male imago of Baetodes traverae is described and its nymph is redescribed. The male imago is distinguished from the other known species of the genus by (1) abdominal tubercles absent, (2) turbinate eyes moderately large and not contiguous apically, (3) segment II of forceps without constriction, (4) coxal gills absent, and (5) abdominal tubercles absent. Baetodes traverae nymph is redescribed, with new illustrations aiming to improve the original description done by Mayo (1972). Its nymph has the following characters: (1) terminal filament very short, less than half the length of abdominal segment X, (2) labium with glossae very short, less than half the length of paraglossae, (3) labrum expanded laterally, with submarginal row of four setae, (4) coxal gills absent and (5) abdominal tubercles absent.

 

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