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.
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